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Statistical highlights of the third day's play in the first Test between India and New Zealand, at Hamilton, on Friday.
520 India's highest total in a Test in New Zealand, beating the 482 at Auckland in 1989-90.
241 India's biggest first innings lead on New Zealand soil. It bettered the 148-run lead at Auckland in 1975-76
160 Sachin Tendulkar's highest Test score in New Zealand, eclipsing the 113 at Wellington in 1998-99
38 Number of times Tendulkar has top-scored for India in a completed innings -- most by any batsman. He went ahead of Sunil Gavaskar's tally of 37 such instances.
7 Zaheer Khan became the seventh Indian bowler to take 200 wickets when he had opener Tim McIntosh caught in the slip. The other Indian bowlers with 200 wickets are: Anil Kumble (619), Kapil Dev (434), Harbhajan Singh (316), Bishan Singh Bedi (266), Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (242) and Javagal Srinath (236).