THE Indians were left to score 92 runs for victory in the final session of competitive cricket before the start of the Test series.
With the sides batting 45 overs each on the last day, Derbyshire reached 156-3 for a lead of 141 and the Indians were 50-1 after 12 overs at tea at the 3aaa County Ground.
The Indians took to the field first with an 11 that may well be a big clue to their starting line-up for Trent Bridge next week and took a wicket in the third over when Bhuvneshwar Kumar produced a good ball to have Ben Slater caught at second slip for nought at 0-1.
Chesney Hughes made a positive start with four fours in his 20 but he edged a cut at Stuart Binny's second ball and was caught behind by MS Dhoni at 32-2.
Ishant Sharma had his best bowling spell of the match so far with 0-10 in his seven overs – and only two no-balls – but there were no further wickets for the Indians until Paul Borrington was lbw to Mohammed Shami for 29 at 78-3.
Billy Godleman completed his second half-century of the match and finished 56 not out to follow his first innings unbeaten 67, with Alex Hughes adding 36 not out.
Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan fell cheaply for the second time, lbw to Matt Higginbottom for nine at 13-1, but Murali Vijay (25) and Ajinkya Rahane (12) saw their side through to tea.
