Hamilton (New Zealand): Harbhajan Singh took six wickets for 63 runs as India beat New Zealand by 10 wickets in the first Test on Saturday, posting its first Test win in New Zealand in 33 years to lead the three-match series 1-0.
India led by 241 runs after its first innings when it reached 520 in reply to New Zealand's 279, then dismissed the hosts for for 279 in its second innings to leave itself needing just 39 runs for victory on the fourth day.
Gautam Gambhir scored 30 and Rahul Dravid made 8 as India reached its winning target in just 5.2 overs. Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 160 in India's first innings, was named man of the match.
New Zealand resumed its second innings Saturday at 75-3, trailing India by 161 runs and slumped in the face of Harbhajan's 23rd five-wicket Test haul to 199-8.
A 76-run, 10th-wicket partnership between Brendon McCullum, who top-scored with 84, and Iain O'Brien, who reached his best Tests score of 14, allowed New Zealand to avoid an innings defeat.
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