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Ahmedabad: Jesse Ryder got out just after scoring his 3rd century, as New Zealand were 331 for five at stumps on Day 3, trailing by 156 runs in the first Test against India.
Ryder hit ten fours an a six in his 205-ball knock and shared 194 runs for the fifth wicket with rookie batsman Kane Williamson (87) on a slow wicket at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The visitors, replying to India's first-innings 487, trailing 156 runs with five wickets in hand.
The 20-year-old Williamson, who scored his maiden one-day century during New Zealand's recent tour of Bangladesh, showed remarkable application in his patient 200-minute stay at the wicket.
Ryder was dropped on 11 in the slips by Rahul Dravid, who failed to latch on to the catch on his right despite getting his fingers to the ball, the unlucky bowler being Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.
The burly batsman made the most of the lapse, completing his fifth Test half-century with a delectable sweep shot off part-time bowler Sachin Tendulkar.
India's spin duo Pragyan Ojha and Harbhajan Singh had removed well-set batsmen Brendon McCullum (65) and Ross Taylor (56) shortly before lunch after they put on 104 runs for the third wicket.
McCullum, opening for the first time in Tests, completed his 17th Test half-century with a single in the covers after driving Sreesanth twice for fours.
The Kiwi batsman tackled the spinners with ease as well, whipping Ojha for a power-packed four wide off the mid-on and smashing two boundaries in Harbhajan's first over of the day.
Taylor provided good support to his partner, reaching his 10th Test fifty with a boundary off Harbhajan, but he fell soon after to the off-spinner, offering a simple catch at short mid-wicket to VVS Laxman.
McCullum missed the chance to score big after being stumped by an alert Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who whipped off the bails with the batsman's back foot on the line.
His 122-ball innings contained 11 hits to the fence.
Brief scores
India 487 (Sehwag 173, Dravid 104)
New Zealand 331 for 5 (Ryder 103, Williamson 87*, McCullum 65, Taylor 56)
Status New Zealand trail by 156 runs
