India vs New Zealand, 1st Test Day 5 Highlights: Tailenders and bad light help New Zealand pull off a thrilling draw

Umesh Yadav drifts into the pads of Tom Latham and he comfortably flicks the ball to fine-leg fence. First boundary of the second innings for Latham. NZ 9/1 after 5.5 overs.

1 0 0 0 0 0 - A tidy first over from R Ashwin. Umesh Yadav to share the ball with him from the other end. NZ 5/1 after 5 overs

First ball of the day and Ishant Sharma has injured himself while fielding at short fine-leg. His left hand's pinky finger got jammed in the field while grabbing the ball and he is looking in pain. The physio came to the middle immediately and he is now taking Ishant back. Setback for India at the start! Suryakumar Yadav has replaced him on the field.

Tom Latham and nightwatchman William Somerville are in the middle to begin New Zealand second innings on Day 5. R Ashwin to start the proceedings for India. A slip, a leg slip and a silly point in place for Ashwin. Latham on strike. Here we go! NZ 4/1, need another 280 runs to win with 9 wickets remaining

It will now depend on how much time it takes for India's spin troika to roll over New Zealand, whose openers showed a lot of gumption on the second afternoon and third morning. Also if skipper Williamson can do something mind-blowing with the willow, there might just be a great contest on the cards.

Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane have now played 91 and 79 Tests respectively. They have 6542 and 4795 runs against their names. But their careers have come to a point where these numbers don't seem enough to cover their unending, painful run of poor form anymore. If ever there was a Test match to prove their stature and influence as established Test batters, it was the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur with Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant missing in action. Rahane's counter-attacking century in Melbourne and Pujara's act of defiance in Brisbane seem to have happened a lifetime ago.

The honours for India on the fourth day were shared by Iyer (65 off 125 balls), who became the first Indian to score a hundred and fifty on debut and the plucky Wriddhiman Saha (61 not out, 126 balls), who battled stiff neck to make an invaluable contribution which will certainly count a lot in the final context of the match. Axar Patel (28 not out) then conjured another 67-run eighth-wicket stand with Saha to slowly take the match out of the Black Caps' grasp.

Debutant Shreyas Iyer showed his ice-cool temperament under pressure to stand tall with a fine half-century which placed India in a commanding position as they set up a stiff victory target of 284 for New Zealand on the fourth day of the opening Test on Sunday. India declared at 234 for 7 for an overall lead of 283 and gave the Black Caps four tricky overs to face under fading light during which they managed four runs and lost opener Will Young to Ravichandran Ashwin.