Absorbing fifth day's play
New Zealand claimed a handy first-innings lead of 32 and restricted India to 64/2 to maintain their slight advantage after an absorbing fifth day's play in the final of the inaugural World Test Championship on Tuesday. (Getty Images)
Skill, seam and Shami
Mohammed Shami inspired India's lion-hearted effort with the ball on day five to deny New Zealand a bigger lead in the low-scoring match. (Getty Images)
India ahead, at the moment
India are 32 runs ahead with eight wickets in hand heading into the reserve day on Wednesday, which has been activated to make up for lost time in the weather-hit match. (AFP Photo)
Batting mainstays
Captain Virat Kohli, batting on eight, and Cheteshwar Pujara, on 12, will hope to avoid any dramatic collapse which could gift New Zealand a shot at the title. (Reuters Photo)
Slender first innings lead
Earlier, resuming on 101/2, New Zealand were all out for 249 for a 32-run first innings lead at the Ageas Bowl. (Reuters Photo)
Williamson takes NZ ahead
Kane Williamson compiled a painstaking 49, while Tim Southee (30) and Kyle Jamieson (21) provided cameos to push New Zealand past India's first-innings total of 217. (AFP Photo)
Shami leads India fightback
Shami (4/76) led India's fightback after skipper Virat Kohli made three inspired bowling changes in the morning session. (Getty Images)
Williamson falls short of fifty
Williamson hit a boundary to put New Zealand ahead but fell agonisingly short of what could have been only the second individual fifty of the match. (Getty Images)
Ishant scalps Williamson
Ishant Sharma (3/48) ended the New Zealand skipper's five-hour vigil, inducing him into feebly poking at a delivery and Kohli grabbed the edge standing wide at second slip. (AP Photo)
Southee double strike
India lost opener Gill before they could wipe out the first-innings deficit and Rohit Sharma made 30 before Southee trapped him lbw to deny India the upper hand. (Getty Images)