Hyderabad: The second India-New Zealand test has ended in a draw, with Brendon McCullum completing a stylish double-century.
On Tuesday, McCullum's career-best 225 helped set an improbable 327-run target for India in the final session as the Kiwis declared at their tea score of 448-8.
Virender Sehwag (54) and Gautam Gambhir (14) were the not out batsmen as India reached 68-0 before stumps were called.
After two tests, the series remains at 0-0, with the third and final test to be played in Nagpur.
Scoreboard
New Zealand 1st Innings: 350
India 1st Innings: 472
New Zealand 2nd Innings:
(Overnight 237-4)
Tim McIntosh c sub (Cheteshwar Pujara) b Ojha 49
Brendon McCullum c Raina b Sreesanth 225
Martin Guptill c Dhoni b Ojha 18
Ross Taylor b Sreesanth 7
Jesse Ryder c Dhoni b Raina 20
Kane Williamson lbw b Harbhajan 69
Daniel Vettori c Dravid b Raina 23
Gareth Hopkins not out 11
Tim Southee b Sreesanth 11
Brent Arnel not out 1
Extras: (4b, 3lb, 5nb, 2w) 14
TOTAL: (for eight wickets declared) 448
Overs: 135
Fall of wickets: 1-125, 2-174, 3-187, 4-221, 5-345, 6-396, 7-431, 8-447.
Bowling: Zaheer Khan 7.3-1-21-0, Shantakumaran Sreesanth 27-5-121-3 (4nb, 2w), Pragyan Ojha 47.3-14-137-2, Harbhajan Singh 38-3-117-1 (1nb), Sachin Tendulkar 2-0-7-0, Suresh Raina 13-2-38-2.
India 2nd innings:
Gautam Gambhir not out 14
Virender Sehwag not out 54
TOTAL: (for no loss) 68
Overs: 17
Bowling: Tim Southee 4-0-11-0, Brent Arnel 5-1-11-0, Martin Guptill 5-0-33-0, Ross Taylor 3-0-13-0.
Umpires: Simon Taufel, Australia, and Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lanka.
TV umpire: Amiesh Saheba, India. Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle, Sri Lanka.
Toss: New Zealand.
Result: Match drawn.
Series: 0-0.
