With ishant sharma leading from the front, indian bowlers tackled newzealand total to 279 all out.when kiwis were blushing at 60 in the loss of 6 wickets, kiwi captain daniel vettori and opener jessy ryder led them to a competable score of 279 to spare blushes.With zaheer and munaf taking 2 and3 wickets respectively,the lanky delhi fast bowler ishantsharma arrived as the star of the day by bagging 4 crucial wickets.
                                  we also witnessed another ryder-ishant game in the first test as in the first twenty-20.