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AHMEDABAD (India), Oct 11: India set New Zealand a fourth innings target of 370 after making a second declaration on the fourth day of the first Test on Saturday.
India raced to 209 for six after tea before giving their bowlers three-and-a-half sessions to seal victory.
New Zealand were 48 for one at stumps. Opener Lou Vincent (21 not out) was joined by nightwatchman Daryl Tuffey after Mark Richardson was out for 21.
The tourists had started the day on 282 for eight in their first innings and were bowled out for 340 close to lunch in reply to India’s first innings 500.
Tailender Daniel Vettori hit 60 in the morning in a rearguard effort to help the avert the follow on with the last three wickets adding 113 runs.
When India batted again, Rahul Dravid, who made 222 in the first innings, top-scored again with a chancy 73 from 86 balls. Vangipurappu Laxman struck 44 from 35 balls as India chased for runs in typical one-day fashion.
Off-spinner Paul Wiseman grabbed four for 64, including the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar who was out for seven, trying to push the score along. He made only eight in the first innings.
INDIA (1st Innings) 500-5 declared (R.S. Dravid 222, S.C. Ganguly 100 not out, V.V.S. Laxman 64).
NEW ZEALAND (1st Innings, overnight 282-8):
M.H. Richardson b Zaheer 6
L. Vincent c Patel b Zaheer 7
S.P. Fleming b Zaheer 1
S.B. Styris c Chopra b Harbhajan 34
N.J. Astle st Patel b Harbhajan 103
C.D. McMillan c Chopra b Sehwag 54
J.D.P. Oram c Dravid b Kumble 5
R.G. Hart lbw b Balaji 15
D.L. Vettori c Dravid b Kumble 60
P.J. Wiseman c Laxman b Zaheer 27
D.R. Tuffey not out 2
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-18, NB-4) 26
TOTAL (all out, 131.1 overs) 340
FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-16, 3-17, 4-108, 5-199, 6-223, 7-227, 8-265, 9-332.
BOWLING: Zaheer Khan 23-3-68-4 (3nb); Balaji 26-7-84-1 (1nb); Kumble 35.1-11-58-2; Harbhajan Singh 36-8-86-2; Sehwag 8-2-17-1; Tendulkar 3-2-5-0.
INDIA (2nd Innings):
A. Chopra c Styris b Vettori 31
V. Sehwag c Hart b Oram 17
R.S. Dravid c Vincent b Wiseman 73
S.R. Tendulkar c Vettori b Wiseman 7
V.V.S. Laxman c Vettori b Wiseman 44
S.C. Ganguly b Wiseman 25
P.A. Patel not out 5
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-4) 7
TOTAL (for six decl, 44.5 overs) 209
FALL OF WKTS: 1-20, 2-97, 3-118, 4-166, 5-177, 6-209.
BOWLING: Tuffey 9-2-18-0; Oram 8-0-39-1; Vettori 16-0-81-1; Wiseman 11.5-0-64-4.
NEW ZEALAND (2nd Innings):
M.H. Richardson c Chopra b Kumble 21
L. Vincent not out 21
D.R. Tuffey not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-5, NB-1) 6
TOTAL (for one wkt, 18 overs) 48
FALL OF WKT: 1-44.
BOWLING (to-date): Zaheer Khan 4-0-17-0; Balaji 4-1-9-0 (1nb); Harbhajan Singh 5-0-10-0; Kumble 5-3-7-1.—Reuters
