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Numbers to Note

By Rajneesh Gupta
March 21, 2009 12:10 IST
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Statistical highlights on Day 4 of the first Test between India and New Zealand, which India won by ten wickets in Hamilton on Saturday.

279 - New Zealand's total in both innings. This was the eighth occasion a side scored an identical all-out score in both the innings -- the first such occasion against India. All eight teams ended on the losing side!

83.33 - M S Dhoni's winning percentage after the Test. Among all captains who have led their respective sides in five or more matches, only one, England's Brian Close (85.71%) -- has a higher winning percentage.

33 - India registered their first win on New Zealand soil in 33 years. They last won at Auckland in January 1976.

6 - The win was India's sixth by a ten-wicket margin, the second on foreign soil.

2 - M S Dhoni became only the second Indian captain (after Sourav Ganguly) to win his debut Tests both at home and abroad. He made his captaincy debut against in the Test against South Africa at Kanpur last year, which India won by 8 wickets.

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