Best performances - Batsmen
SR Tendulkar
160(260) 26x4 - 0x6
Control %89%
- Productive Shot
- cut shot on back foot
- 43 runs
- 9x4 - 0x6
DL Vettori
118(164) 14x4 - 2x6
Control %82%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 27 runs
- 4x4 - 0x6
17/03Result
1st Test, India tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, Mar 18-21 2009
-
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
279 & 279 -
![India]( "India")
520 & 39/0 (5.2 ov)
Player of the Match
17/03Result
1st Test, India tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, Mar 18-21 2009
-
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
279 & 279 -
![India]( "India")
520 & 39/0 (5.2 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
Partnerships
- NZ - 1st
- IND - 1st
- NZ - 2nd
- IND - 2nd
New Zealand - 1st - Innings
India - 1st - Innings
New Zealand - 2nd - Innings
India - 2nd - Innings
India tour of New Zealand 2008-09 News
South Africa's home run, and Gambhir's resurgence
The toughest country to beat in their own backyard, and the Indian who's had an amazing 10 months
Antipodean antithesis
A win in New Zealand is laudable, writes Rohit Mahajan in Outlook , but plain tracks, plainer opposition call for temperance
Success springs from feeling secure - Harbhajan
Harbhajan Singh has said the main reason why India have been able to build on the winning momentum in the recent past is that the players are no more insecure about their place in the side
Dominant India should have won 2-0
In the Indian Express , Harsha Bhogle is largely satisfied with India's 1-0 series win over New Zealand but wonders why MS Dhoni was uncharacteristically conservative in timing the declaration in the final Test
