The Board of Control for Cricket in India today announced a bonus of Rs 15 lakh for each player after the India team’s historic Test and one-day series victory in New Zealand.

India clinched the three-match Test series 1-0 after the final Test ended in a draw in Wellington today. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team won the first Test in Hamilton by 10 wickets and the second in Napier ended in a draw.

This was India’s first Test series victory on New Zealand soil since Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi’s team achieved that feat in 1967-68.

Dhoni’s boys had earlier clinched the five-match one-day series 3-1, also their first series win in the shorter version of the game in New Zealand.

“Mr Shashank Manohar, President of the BCCI, has extended his congratulations to the Indian cricket team, for its outstanding display in New Zealand,” the BCCI said in a statement.

“The Board President has announced a bonus of Rs 15 lakh to every player who participated in the Test and one-day series. The support staff will receive a bonus of Rs 10 lakh each,” it said.

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Gautam Gambhir made century in lengthy partnerships with Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar as India, following on, batted itself away from danger Sunday on the fourth day of the second cricket test against New Zealand.

Gambhir was 102 not out, Tendulkar was 58 not out and India was 252 for two at stumps, still 62 runs behind New Zealand after trailing by 314 on the first innings. India has eight wickets in hand with three sessions remaining.

Dravid scored 62, his 56th half century in tests, after contributing 83 to India’s first innings of 305 to mark the 10th occasion he has scored half centuries in each innings of a test match.

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The resounding nature of India’s victory in the series opener in Hamilton, without doubt, spells more of the same come the second Test in Napier.

New Zealand can ride on the back of one or two blokes’ individual performances against ICC Test rankings bottom feeder – the Windies and Bangladesh – but against Mahendra Dhoni’s juggernaut they need their entire unit to step to the fore, yet that isn’t happening.

The Indian camp, spirits are high and their inability to win on New Zealand soil in over three decades is contently resigned to history. Now, a series win is in the offing and it’s hard to see the team with arguably the best top-order and new-ball pair not dishing out more of the same to their hapless opposition.

It’s a near certainty that they’ll go into the match unchanged but the temptation to ‘rest’ Munaf Patel in favour of Lakshmipathy Balaji must’ve crossed the minds of the selectors.

All is still very well in the batting ranks. While Sehwag unleashes the fury and Gambhir plays the support roll, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Yuvraj Singh wait on perennial centurion Sachin Tendulkar for their chance at the crease. Then follows Dhoni…

While history was, for a brief period prior to the first Test, said to be against India.

Last Five Results

2009: First Test: India won by 10 wickets at Hamilton
2003: Second Test: Match Drawn at Mohali
2003: First Test: Match Drawn at Ahmedabad
2002: Second Test: New Zealand won four wickets at Hamilton
2002: First Test: New Zealand won 10 wickets at Wellington

Dates: 26-30 March

Morning session: 10:30-12:30 (21:30-11:30 GMT)
Afternoon session: 13:10-15:10 (00:10 – 02:10 GMT)
Evening session: 15:30-17:30 (02:30 – 04:30 GMT)

Match referee: Alan Hurst
Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Ian Gould
Third Umpire: Gary Baxter

Tags: Dhoni, Gambir, Hamilton, Harbhajan Singh, India, Indian Team, L Balaji, Munaf Patel, Napier, New Zealand, Sachin Tendulkar, Sehwag, Yuvraj

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