The self-made cricketer from Delhi, who had a lucky break when Ajit Agarkar pulled out of the team just before the squad left Mumbai, rocked Wellington with a three-wicket burst as the home team was skittled out for a paltry 124 in the second innings, leaving India a target of 174 to win in one and a half days.

The tourists were 30 for one at stumps, needing another 144 runs with nine wickets in hand to score a morale-boosting win ahead of the first Test at Dunedin commencing on December 18.

Robin Singh finished with fine figures of 3 for 30, which included the wicket of home team skipper Roger Twose who made 99 in the first innings. He was well-supported by spinners Anil Kumble (3 for 26) and Sunil Joshi (2 for 14)as Wellington were bundled out in only 50.1 overs.

The tourists, who trailed Wellington by 49 runs on the first innings by making 268 in reply to the home team's 317, had lost opener Ajay Jadeja (11) before close.

SCOREBOARD

Wellington (1st innings): 317

India (1st innings): Navjot Sidhu c Chandler b Bulfin 6, Ajay Jadeja c Larsen b Kennedy 46, Rahul Dravid lbw Kennedy 50, VVS Laxman c Larsen b Jefferson 28, Saurav Ganguly lbw Petrie 93, Nayan Mongia c Twose b Jefferson 3, Anil Kumble c Wells b Jefferson 3, Sunil Joshi c Jefferson b Bulfin 1, Javagal Srinath c Kennedy b Petrie 27, Debashis Mohanty run out 2, Robin Singh (jr) not out 0, Extras (b 1, lb 1, nb 7): 9. Total (all out in 91.1 overs): 268

Fall Of Wickets: 1-22, 2-74, 3-114, 4-147, 5-168, 6-204, 7-208, 8-264, 9-268

Bowling: Bulfin 25.1-5-56-2, Kennedy 22-5-70-2, Petrie 7.2-2-21-2, Larsen 17-3-37-0, Jefferson 20-2-82-3

Wellington (2nd innings): Roger Twose b Robin Singh 2, P Chandler c H Singh b RobinSingh 12, J Wells lbw Jadeja 10, T Boyer st Mongia b Joshi 46, C Nevin c & Kumble 5, R Petrie c Laxman b Ganguly 18, Gavin Larsen lbw Robin Singh 8, M Jefferson lbw Kumble 9, J Franklin not out 3, C Bulfin c Jadeja b Joshi 1, R Kennedy lbw Kumble 1 Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 1): 9 Total (all out in 50.1 overs): 124

Fall Of Wickets: 1-2, 2-24, 3-26, 4-39, 5-74, 6-110, 7-110, 8-120, 9-121

Bowling: Robin Singh 13-2-30-3, Mohanty 10-1-24-0, Kumble 10.1-2-26-3, Jadeja 3-2-1-1, Ganguly 3-1-15-1, Joshi 10-7-14-2, Dravid 1-0-6-0

India (2nd innings): Ajay Jadeja lbw Bulfin 11, VVS Laxman not out 7, Rahul Dravid not out 11 Extras (lb 1): 1 Total (for 1 wicket, 13 overs): 30

Fall Of Wicket: 1-18

Bowling: Bulfin 6-2-12-1, Kennedy 6-2-17-0, Larsen 1-1-0-0