ton as India takesbecame the first number eight batsman to score ,run lead'

Harbhajan Singh became the first number eight batsman to score centuries in successive tests, scoring 111 not out to lead India to a 122-run first innings lead over New Zealand in the second test.
At lunch on the fourth day Monday, New Zealand was 37-0 in its second innings, still trailing India by 85 runs.
Tim McIntosh (18) and Brendon McCullum (15) were the not out batsmen.
Earlier, India added 36 runs to its overnight 436-9 before Shantakumaran Sreesanth (24) was trapped lbw by Daniel Vettori to end the innings at 472.
Left-arm spinner Vettori finished with 5-134, his 19th five-wicket haul in test cricket, but the Kiwi skipper could not prevent Harbhajan Singh from performing a feat he himself had missed last year.
Harbhajan Singh, who had slammed 115 in the second innings of the previous test at Ahmedabad, went on defiantly from his overnight 85 and reached the three-figure mark with a glance off seamer Tim Southee. He smashed seven sixes and as many fours during his 114-ball knock.
The only man having come close to performing the unique achievement by a number eight batsman was Vettori, who had scored 140 and 99 in successive tests last year.
The last-wicket stand between Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth was worth 105 runs _ the first century stand for the 10th wicket in any test since 2005.
New Zealand had scored 350 in its first innings.



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