The Black Caps batsmen must defy history on the final day if they're to beat India in the first test at Kanpur.
New Zealand will need to score 280 more runs on a deteriorating wicket to break a winless test run on Indian soil that dates back to 1988.
The odds will be stacked against them when they resume their second innings on four for one, having already lost opener Will Young in unusual circumstances.
RNZ cricket commentator Bryan Waddle has been watching the action.
