India vs New Zealand, 3rd Test at Ahmedabad, Oct 29 1999 - Ball by Ball Commentary

And that is the end of the Test match, the captains agree to call it off as a draw

India win the 3-Test series 1-0, after winning at Kanpur by 8 wickets, with two decent-scoring draws at Mohali and here at Ahmedabad

All the New Zealand top order proved to have little trouble on this incredibly placid day five wicket, the lowest scorer of the four batsmen making 41

This margin emulates the last series between the two sides on Indian soil, though the two draws there were fulled by rain, this time not a drop interrupted a single delivery of the series

Though New Zealand are on the losing side, they should be relatively pleased to come away from a tough place to visit like India with a respectable margin - and knowing that they had them on the ropes and possibly on the verge of an upset as they dismissed the home side for a paltry 83 on the opening day's play in the series at Mohali

Time for presentations in a moment, the podium is being constructed and officials getting ready to hand out the honors

Odds-on favourite for Man of the Match must be Sachin Tendulkar for his mighty 217 in the first innings, and for Man of the Series it will be hard to look past either Tendulkar (435 runs at an average of 108.75) or Anil Kumble who took 20 wickets at an average of 18.2

And Sachin Tendulkar is indeed chosen as Man of the Match, for his 217 in the first Indian innings

And Anil Kumble for his 20 wickets, and more importantly, his influence over the series-winning result at Kanpur with a 10- wicket bag wins the Man of the Series award

And now Tendulkar holds aloft the trophy for winning the series, and that ends the presentations

With the Test series completed, it's now off on a 13-day jaunt around the country for five One-Day Internationals, beginning at Rajkot in three days time, starting at 9:30am local time (0400GMT) on Friday the 5th of November

As always, you can catch full live ball-by-ball coverage and reports of these matches direct from the stadiums on CricInfo, until Friday the 5th, it's good evening from the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium in Ahmedabad

Dravid gets a bowl, one suspects that Tendulkar doesn't really believe India can win it from here ...

Tendulkar brings himself on for a bowl, replacing Prasad at the Pavilion End

This game should realistically only stretch another 15 minutes before an amicable decision is reached to terminate the match