NAPIER: Indian batsmen continued to stonewall New Zealand's push for victory in the second test, crawling to 180 for two in their second innings at tea on the fourth day at McLean Park on Sunday.
The tourists, who won the first match of the three-test series in Hamilton by 10 wickets, were still 134 runs behind New Zealand's 619 for nine declared after being bowled out for 305 in their first innings and forced to follow on.
Rahul Dravid (62) was the only wicket to fall on Sunday after he had shared in a four-hour, 133-run partnership with Gautam Gambhir (83 not out), though his dismissal was controversial. Dravid was given out caught in close by Jamie How off Daniel Vettori by umpire Ian Orchard, but the batsman was visibly upset with the decision and television replays showed the ball had ballooned off his front pad without touching his bat or gloves.
Sachin Tendulkar was on nine at the tea break with Gambhir, who was in sight of his fifth test century after surpassing 2,000 test runs when he reached 56 in the first session. India lost Virender Sehwag for 22 late on Saturday when the stand-in captain attempted an outlandish slog sweep to a straight delivery from off-spinner Jeetan Patel and was trapped in front.
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