Derby (England): Helped by a useful 91 runs from Riwait Khan, the second string Derbyshire looked set to match the big Indian total by lunch on the third and final day of the three-day game on Friday.

The hosts, resuming at 228 for three, were 341 for six at lunch in reply to the visitors' first innings total of 445 for 8 declared with tailenders James Pyemond (33) and Nathan Dumelow at the crease.

India took three wickets in the morning session including the one of opener Riwait Khan who resumed his innings at 77 this morning and was out leg before to left-arm paceman Ashish Nehra for 91.

Riwait batted for 295 minutes and faced 200 balls while hitting 16 fours in what is only the second first class game of his career. Nehra bagged another wicket when the other overnight batsman Mathew Dowman did not offer a shot to a dipping delivery and was trapped plumb in front of the wickets.

Steve Selwodd was the third and last batsman out for the hosts in the morning session when he edged Anil Kumble to first slip in his first over and was nicely held by Virender Sehwag.

Kumble looked like picking a wicket every time he came on to bowl and his figures of 3 for 25 was an ample reflection of his domination of batsmen on a slow wicket.