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'Most satisfying'

AFP, Wellington
India's opening batsman Gautam Gambhir's near faultless 167 against New Zealand Sunday has highlighted the purple patch of form he hit since returning to theTest side last year.
Gambhir’s innings lasted nearly six hours and helped ensure victory for India in the third Test and the first Test series victory in New Zealand for his country since 1968.
At stumps India had reached 349 for five, an overall lead of 531 runs with two days of play remaining.
The century was the second of the 27-year-old’s tour of New Zealand, after he scored 137 in a marathon 642 minute knock to help India secure a draw in the second Test, played in Napier at the end of last month.
In that Test, New Zealand scored a huge 619 for nine in their first innings and made India follow on after dismissing them for 305 in their first Innings.
To have scored so heavily in the unfamiliar conditions of New Zealand has especially pleased the left-hander, with his other big scores being achieved only on the subcontinent.
He described his Napier innings as the "most satisfying and most important century* of his career so far.
He attributes his great run of form - which includes four centuries and a double hundred against Australia since he returned to theTest squad last year -- to not having to worry about his place in the team.
After making his debut in 2004, he was dropped at the end of 2005 and has cemented his place tn the team only since the tour of Sri Lanka in July and August last year.
"1 feel much more comfortable, much more secure in the side, which is very important for any cricketer because when you are playing for your place in the side.., you don’t play your natural game," he said.
" I think my turning point in Test cricket was in the Sri Lankan series which was very important because I was making my comeback," he said.
In October he went on to score a century and 208 in India's home series against Australia.
"Getting into the Australian series and getting a double hundred in Delhi was a very big moment in Test cricket for me."
But as a player who has known the disappointment of coming and going from the Indian side, he is not assuming anything.
"You just can't afford to take your place for granted; that's very, very important."
"If 1 score a hundred, I’m not going to carry that into the next innings, I will again start from zero."