Dominant India defeated New Zealand by 10 wickets in the 1st Test match. This is India's first Test win in New Zealand since 1976. Sachin Tendulkar was adjudged Man of the Match for his brilliant 160 runs. Sachin seems to be in brilliant form and doing a great job for the Indian team. Harbhajan Singh took six wickets in the match.In reply to hosts' first innings total of 279 runs, India were all out for 520 runs with a lead of 241 runs. Tendulkar led Indian batting's motivated performance by scoring valuable 160 runs. India wrapped up New Zealand's second innings on 279 with the hosts giving a 38-run lead. The off spinner Harbhajan Singh took 6 wickets to dismiss the host for 279 runs in the second innings.
Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid opened India's 2nd innings to hit another 39 runs for the historic win, which seemed almost like a formality. Gambhir hit a brisk 30 off 18 balls and Dravid added 8 runs to take India to a memorable win in New Zealand after 33 years.The heroes of this match were:
- Sachin Tendulkar for his excellent skillfull bat in the first innings
- Harbhajan singh for his tremendous job with the in ballsecond innings.