Rahul Dravid won the toss on Wednesday and elected to bat. This was the first toss that India won in the series.
Gautam Gambhir and Dinesh Kaarthik for India and Nathan Hauritz for Australia made their Test debuts. A total of 250 Indians and 390 Australians have now played Test cricket.
Gambhir and Sehwag became 18th pair to open the innings for India since 2000. There have been only 8 century partnerships in 85 innings for India during this period. During the same period, Australia have used only four opening pairs, who have put on 15 century stands in 94 innings
| Batsmen |
Runs |
Inn |
NO |
Best |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
0s |
| VVS Laxman |
MSK Prasad |
32 |
2 |
0 |
22 |
16.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| W Jaffer |
VVS Laxman |
13 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
6.50 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| RS Dravid |
W Jaffer |
76 |
2 |
0 |
47 |
38.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| SS Das |
S Ramesh |
836 |
19 |
0 |
123 |
44.00 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
| SS Das |
SS Dighe |
8 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
8.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| HK Badani |
SS Das |
7 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
7.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| SS Das |
RS Dravid |
36 |
2 |
0 |
29 |
18.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| SS Das |
D Dasgupta |
321 |
10 |
0 |
119 |
32.10 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| D Dasgupta |
IR Siddiqui |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5* |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| SB Bangar |
SS Das |
24 |
2 |
0 |
18 |
12.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| SS Das |
W Jaffer |
117 |
5 |
0 |
80 |
23.40 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| W Jaffer |
V Sehwag |
69 |
4 |
0 |
61 |
17.25 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| SB Bangar |
V Sehwag |
452 |
10 |
0 |
201 |
45.20 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| SB Bangar |
PA Patel |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| A Chopra |
V Sehwag |
897 |
19 |
0 |
164 |
47.21 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
| PA Patel |
V Sehwag |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| V Sehwag |
Yuvraj Singh |
47 |
2 |
1 |
28 |
47.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Kaarthik became 32nd wicket-keeper to play for India.
India went into this Test with only one genuine pacer. This was the first such instance since Bangalore Test v England in 2001-02, when India played with only Javagal Srinath (Sourav Ganguly shared the new ball).
India's total of 22 for 2 is the lowest ever total on the first day of a Test in India where some play was possible. On three other occasions no play was possible on the first day of a Test in India.
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