New Zealand v India, 3rd Test, Wellington, 1st day Highlights

India 375 for 9 (Tendulkar 62, Harbhajan 60, Dhoni 52) v New Zealand

On a day of frenetic action in which the pendulum swung in favour of both teams several times, India edged ahead with a late-order revival lifting them to a respectable first-innings total of 375 for 9. New Zealand would be fairly satisfied with the fact that they managed nine wickets after inserting the opposition in good batting conditions - a brown pitch, and bright, sunny conditions - but it could have been much better for them had they kept India’s lower order in check in the final session, which yielded an astonishing 185 runs in 35 overs.

When India went into the tea break at 190 for 5, the honours were clearly with New Zealand: they had recovered from a fearful hammering in the first hour, when Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir clobbered 68, and prised out the entire Indian heavyweight top order except Rahul Dravid. And when Dravid fell for a patient 35 soon after, India had slumped to 204 for 6, and were perhaps staring at a total of around 250.

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