India debutant Parthiv Patel, at 17 the youngest wicket-keeper in Test history, helped his side to a draw against England here at Trent Bridge today.
Patel, who came in on a pair, resisted gamely for 82 minutes as India squared the second Test of the four-match series.
The result left England still 1-0 ahead after their 170 run win at Lord's last month.
Left-hander Patel finished on 19 not out with Zaheer Khan 14 not out as India, in their second innings, made 424 for eight declared in reply to England's mammoth first innings 617.
With 10 overs left in the day, the teams agreed a draw as a capacity 15,400 crowd - a rare sight on the fifth day of a Test in England - looked on.
Had England batted, two overs would have been deducted for the change of innings, leaving Nasser Hussain's side to score an improbable 165 in eight overs for victory.
But it might have been a different story had not Alec Stewart, England's most-capped player of all time, and Andrew Flintoff come off for bad light in sunshine on Saturday night.
Their decision saw nine overs lost - overs that might have been crucial in helping England force victory.
And defeat here would have also ended India's hopes of winning their first series outside the sub-continent since 1986.