Much-anticipated first test of Australia vs India test series started today. Winning toss in the morning, Australian captain Ricky Ponting elected to bat first. However, Australian batsmen failed to live up to the expectation despite a solid start from the opening pair. At the end of the day, Australia put on 337 runs on the scoreboard loosing 9 wickets. Indian captain Anil Kumble took five wickets leading
Australian openers, Phil Jaques and Mathew Hayden brought an impressive start for the host side putting on 135 runs in their opening partnership. Phil Jaques fell at 66 being stumped off Kumble. However, Mathew Hayden went on to make another outstanding century against
Among the Indian bowlers, Anil Kumble was most successful taking five Auatralian wickets. Pacer Zaheer khan was also impressive with 3 wickets. Rudra Pratap Singh took the other wicket today. Harbhajan Singh could not bring any success for
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