Napier: At close of play, Gautam Gambhir (14) and Rahul Dravid (11) were at the crease. This was after captain Virender Sehwag threw away his wicket in a highly irresponsible act to leave India at 30/1.

Sehwag had a wild heave at the first delivery, but edged it to fine leg for a boundary. Next delivery, Sehwag tried to slog sweep, missed the ball and was trapped plumb in front of the wicket. He hit 4 fours in his 22-run knock.

Earlier, India were made to follow-on after they were bundled out for 305 runs in their first innings, trailing New Zealand by 314 runs.

India lost wickets in quick succession after tea with Dinesh Karthik (6) becoming the first victim, caught at third slip by Jesse Ryder off Chris Martin.

VVS Laxman (76) was the next to fall when he edged to second slip for Tim McIntosh to take the catch, again off Martin.

In the next over, Iain O'Brien dismissed Harbhajan Singh (18) and Zaheer Khan (8) off consecutive deliveries to end the Indian first innings.

The third day's play started with Dravid and Tendulkar resuming the Indian first innings at 79/3.