"It was a mentally demanding day," Dravid said. "I thought in the first session New Zealand came out and bowled well. They knew they had a sniff and they had their tails up. They came and really challenged me and Gautam up there in the first session. It was a tough day mentally, and hats off to Gautam for being there through till the end of the day. He showed at lot of character. A Test innings like this will go a long way in a young career. He will learn a lot from a day like this in Test cricket

I haven’t seen the replays, but from reading a couple of articles on the net it seems like Rahul Dravid was unlucky to be given out. We had toiled hard for a breakthrough and finally Dan got one that looked like it got some bat onto pad and off to Howza [Jamie How] at short leg. Dravid had been extremely patient, 62 off 220 balls, that kind of patience is what he’s built a career on. Great to watch from the best seat in the house, but we don’t mind if his next stay is a little shorter!