100021 Tendulkar, Dhoni battling for survival in Nagpur Test Nagpur: Sachin Tendulkar struck a defiant half century, but India lost two more wickets as South Africa tightened their grip on the first cricket Test in the morning session on the fourth day here Tuesday.<br /><br />India, following on, were 162 for four at lunch with Tendulkar (77) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (9) at the crease. It would be a herculean task for this pair to save the Test as India still trail by 163 runs and with not much batting to come.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><br />To make matters worse, the track, which was assisting the spinners from the second day itself, has now become a spinners~ delight. Left arm spinner Paul Harris was getting vicious turn by pitching on the rough outside the leg stump.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><br />Harris got the wicket of Murali Vijay (32) who top edged a sweep to fine leg to be caught by Morne Morkel.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><br />The other batsman to fall in the session was Subramaniam Badrinath, who had struck a solid 56 in the first innings.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><br />Badrinath edged one behind to wicket-keeper Mark Boucher off left-handed seamer Wayne Parnell.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><br />Tendulkar was lucky to escape when Jacques Kallis failed to grab a low catch in the slips off Parnell. That one life apart, the little master stood solid, striking 11 fours in 131 balls.(IANS)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0 2010-02-09T08:45:37-05:00 Sports