India all out for 405 in reply to Australia's 428
Monday, 4 October 2010
MOHALI, India, Oct 3 (AFP): India were bowled out for 405 in their first innings at stumps in reply to Australia's 428 on the third day of the opening Test on Sunday.
Mitchell Johnson grabbed three quick wickets to help Australia gain a slender advantage in the opening Test after India's Sachin Tendulkar missed out on his 49th century on Sunday.
India were comfortably placed at 354-4 in their first innings before collapsing to 405 all out at stumps on the third day in reply to Australia's 428.
Fast bowler Johnson finished with 5-64, his sixth haul of five or more wickets in a Test innings.
Tendulkar, the world's leading scorer in Tests and one-day internationals, made a solid 98 before falling to part-time spinner Marcus North in the final session, trapped leg-before while attempting to play across the line.
He cracked 13 fours in his impressive 189-ball knock.
Suresh Raina scored 86 with 14 fours and Rahul Dravid made a solid 77, but India still failed to gain the lead.
Johnson, who dismissed openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag on Saturday, again struck in the final session when he removed skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for 14 and Harbhajan Singh for a duck off successive balls.
His fifth victim was Raina, who was trapped leg-before.
Tendulkar had played a key role in bolstering India, adding 79 for the fourth wicket with Dravid and 124 for the next with Raina.
Australia struggled for wickets in the first two sessions on an unhelpful track and failed to keep pressure on the batsmen. They needed early wickets to gain the upper hand but could manage just two before the tea break, failing to capitalise on the opportunities that came their way.
Raina was on 48 when he survived a stumping chance off spinner Nathan Hauritz, with wicketkeeper Tim Paine failing to collect the ball after the batsman had stepped out to attempt a big shot.
He survived again, this time on 60, when he uppishly drove Hauritz, with Johnson reacting late at mid-on.
Hauritz was the unlucky bowler again when Shane Watson dropped Zaheer Khan at mid-wicket when the batsman was on four.
Australia 1st innings: S. Watson 126, R. Ponting 71, T. Paine 92; Zaheer 5-94, Harbhajan 3-114
Total: 428
India 1st innings (overnight 110-2):
G. Gambhir 25, V Sehwag 59, R Dravid 77, I Sharma 18, S Tendulkar 98, S Raina 86, MS Dhoni 14, Z. Khan 6, V Laxman 2.
Extras: (b5, lb13, nb1, w1) 20
Total: 405
Mitchell Johnson grabbed three quick wickets to help Australia gain a slender advantage in the opening Test after India's Sachin Tendulkar missed out on his 49th century on Sunday.
India were comfortably placed at 354-4 in their first innings before collapsing to 405 all out at stumps on the third day in reply to Australia's 428.
Fast bowler Johnson finished with 5-64, his sixth haul of five or more wickets in a Test innings.
Tendulkar, the world's leading scorer in Tests and one-day internationals, made a solid 98 before falling to part-time spinner Marcus North in the final session, trapped leg-before while attempting to play across the line.
He cracked 13 fours in his impressive 189-ball knock.
Suresh Raina scored 86 with 14 fours and Rahul Dravid made a solid 77, but India still failed to gain the lead.
Johnson, who dismissed openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag on Saturday, again struck in the final session when he removed skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for 14 and Harbhajan Singh for a duck off successive balls.
His fifth victim was Raina, who was trapped leg-before.
Tendulkar had played a key role in bolstering India, adding 79 for the fourth wicket with Dravid and 124 for the next with Raina.
Australia struggled for wickets in the first two sessions on an unhelpful track and failed to keep pressure on the batsmen. They needed early wickets to gain the upper hand but could manage just two before the tea break, failing to capitalise on the opportunities that came their way.
Raina was on 48 when he survived a stumping chance off spinner Nathan Hauritz, with wicketkeeper Tim Paine failing to collect the ball after the batsman had stepped out to attempt a big shot.
He survived again, this time on 60, when he uppishly drove Hauritz, with Johnson reacting late at mid-on.
Hauritz was the unlucky bowler again when Shane Watson dropped Zaheer Khan at mid-wicket when the batsman was on four.
Australia 1st innings: S. Watson 126, R. Ponting 71, T. Paine 92; Zaheer 5-94, Harbhajan 3-114
Total: 428
India 1st innings (overnight 110-2):
G. Gambhir 25, V Sehwag 59, R Dravid 77, I Sharma 18, S Tendulkar 98, S Raina 86, MS Dhoni 14, Z. Khan 6, V Laxman 2.
Extras: (b5, lb13, nb1, w1) 20
Total: 405