The Kiwis were 234 for eight in reply to the Indians' 339 all out when they decided to declare after playing out 78 overs.
The hosts managed to get this far riding on opener Tom Latham's dogged knock of 132, that came off 207 balls and included 14 hits to the boundary.
Latham shared a 122-runs fifth-wicket partnership with his overnight partner Reece Young (54), who faced 135 deliveries and smashed seven fours.
These two were the cornerstones of the Kiwi reply which was painfully slow given that it took them 62.6 overs to touch the 200-mark.
After Young was trapped in front of the wicket by spinner Rahul Sharma, Latham shared another 50-run partnership with Sam Wells (18) and the host team's innings continued till the time the opener was in the middle. MORE
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