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Following are the statistical highlights of Day 3 in the first India-New Zealand Test, in Hamilton, on Friday.

# Sachin Tendulkar [Images] scored his 42nd Test hundred. This is his fourth ton against New Zealand [Images], equalling Rahul Dravid's [Images] Indian record.

# Tendulkar's brilliant innings of 160 is his highest ever in New Zealand, eclipsing the 113 at Wellington in 1998.

# Tendulkar's aforesaid innings is exceeded only by Rahul Dravid for India at Hamilton -- 190 in 1998-99.

# Tendulkar has scored 150 or more in an innings 18 times, equalling Don Bradman's feat. Only Brian Lara [Images] (19) has recorded more 150-plus innings than Tendulkar.

# Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] put on 115 runs, India's highest ever sixth-wicket partnership in New Zealand, bettering the 70 between Ajit Wadekar and ML Jaisimha at Wellington in 1967-68.

# Zaheer Khan [Images] is the seventh Indian bowler to take 200 Test wickets when he had Tim McIntosh caught at first slip by Tendulkar.

# Zaheer is the third left-arm fast bowler after Wasim Akram (414) and Chaminda Vaas [Images] (354) and the first left-arm speedster from India to capture 200 Test wickets. Overall, he is the seventh Indian to claim 200 wickets.

# Anil Kumble [Images] (619), Kapil Dev [Images] (434), Harbhajan Singh [Images] (316), Bishan Singh Bedi [Images] (266), Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (242), Javagal Srinath (236) and Zaheer Khan (200) are the seven Indian bowlers in the 200-wicket club.

# Zaheer Khan (51 not out off 46 balls) registered his highest score against New Zealand, bettering his 19 at Wellington in 2002-03.

# Zaheer's third fifty in Tests is his first against New Zealand.

# India have taken a first innings lead of over 200 (241) for the first time in New Zealand.

# India (520 off 152.4 overs) registered their highest ever total at Seddon Park, Hamilton, beating the 416 in 1998-99.

# India is now the only team to record a total of 500 against New Zealand at Hamilton. India's total is the second highest at this venue after New Zealand's 563 against Pakistan in 2003-04.

# India's 520 is their first toal of 500 in New Zealand, surpassing the 482 at Auckland in 1989-90.