Gambhir-Sehwag pair, with their 201-run unbroken stand,set a partnership record for the first wicket for India against New Zealand, surpassing the 182 betweenSehwag and Tendulkar at Hyderabad on November 15, 2003.
The aforesaid stand has equalled the previous best by any pair against New Zealand.The Sri Lankan pair, Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya had posted 201at Napier on December 28, 2006.McCullum (77 off 95 balls) posted his best innings against India, surpassing his 71 at Christchurch on March 8, 2009.
McCullum's 15th ODI fifty is his second against India.
McGlashan became the first wicketkeeper to register a fifty against India in New Zealand.