Aus Vs India 2nd Day of First Test: Scorecard and Match Facts

Mohali, India: Australia reached 428 runs, starting the day from 224/5. Oveall run rate remained 3, yet the scoring rate was better today. Tim Paine helped Australia reach a respectable total, while Zaheer completed a deserving 5-wkt haul. Indian openers, especially Sehwag played the way he knows. India scored 110/2. Johnson took 2 wickets and he remains the major threat to India.

Aus Vs India First Day of First Test: Scorecard and Match Facts

Match Facts
Toss: Australia
Captains: Ponting (Aus) and Dhoni (Ind)
Indian Team: V Sehwag, G Gambhir, R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, SK Raina, MS Dhoni*†, Harbhajan Singh, I Sharma, Z Khan, PP Ojha
Aus Team: Ponting, Watson, Katich, Clark, Hussey, North, Paine, Hauritz, MG Johnson, BW Hilfenhaus, DE Bollinger
MOM: TBD
Result: TBD
100: 126 runs Watson
50s: Ponting 71, 92 by Paine, 59 by Sehwag
100 plus partnership: 141 run for 2nd wkt Watson and Ponting
3 wkts or more: Zaheer 94/5, Harbhajan 114/3

Watson c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh 126 runs (338 balls, 10 four)
Katich lbw b Khan 6 runs
Ponting* run out (Raina) 71 runs (124 balls, 10 fours)
Clarke c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 14 runs
Michael Hussey lbw b Khan 17 runs (76 balls)
North b Khan 0 (6 balls)
Paine† c Laxman b Khan 92 runs (196 balls, 12 four)
Johnson c †Dhoni b Khan 47 runs (66 balls, 5 four, 3 six)
Hauritz c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh 9 runs (21 balls, 1 four)
Hilfenhaus not out 20 runs (38 balls, 2 four, 1 six)
Bollinger c Sharma b Ojha 0 (7 balls)
Extras (b 4, lb 9, nb 13) 26
Total (all out; 151.4 overs; 646 mins) 428 (2.82 runs per over)

Fall of wickets
1-13 (Katich, 4.2 ov), 2-154 (Ponting, 41.4 ov), 3-172 (Clarke, 53.6 ov), 4-218 (Hussey, 82.3 ov), 5-222 (North, 84.3 ov), 6-275 (Watson, 111.1 ov), 7-357 (Johnson, 133.1 ov), 8-373 (Hauritz, 137.3 ov), 9-427 (Paine, 150.2 ov), 10-428 (Bollinger, 151.4 ov)

Bowling

Zaheer 30 overs 7 maidens 94/5
Ishant 11.4 overs 1 maiden 710
Ojha 51/4 overs 16 maidens 1131
Harbhajan 49 overs 12 maiden 114/3
Sehwag 9.2 overs 1 maiden 23/0

Ind 1st Innings

Gambhir lbw b Johnson 25 runs (41 balls, 2 four)
Sehwag c Clarke b Johnson 59 runs (54 balls, 10 four)
Dravid not out 21 runs (28 balls, 4 fours)
I Sharma not out 0 (3 balls)
Extras (b 1, lb 4) 5
Total (2 wickets; 21 overs) 110 (5.23 runs per over)

Fall of wickets
1-81 (Gambhir, 13.2 ov), 2-106 (Sehwag, 19.3 ov)

Bowling

Hilfenhaus 9 overs 39/0
Bollinger 4 overs 22/0
Johnson 6 overs 1 maiden 29/2
Hauritz 2 overs 15/0