Resuming at 313 for eight on the fourth day, India added 47 runs in 23 overs to frustrate the Australians for an hour and half.

Zaheer got India moving with an edged boundary on the third ball of the day off Lee and then smashed a cracking drive through the off-side for his seventh boundary, to advance to 44.

He completed his half-century with a double on the leg side off Johnson. It took him 106 deliveries to reach his second fifty in Test cricket, having hit seven boundaries. India were now inching closer to Australia's first innings score of 430 as they reached 341 for eight, this after being 155 for five at one stage.