Ben
Hilfenhaus of Australia (right) celebrates after taking the wicket of
Virender Sehwag of India during the first day of the third Test at the
WACA in Perth. (Reuters Photo)
NEW DELHI: India suffered another blow when Australian paceman Peter
Siddle struck in his first over to remove Rahul Dravid on the first day
of the third Test at the WACA ground in Perth.
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Dravid attempted to flick full length delivery off his pads, probably beaten up by the pace and the ball ricochets off his pads to the stumps. Dravid made nine off 35 balls with the help of a boundary.
Dravid added 28 runs for the second wicket with Gautam Gambhir after losing Virender Sehwag early.
India's opening woes continued as the visitors lost Sehwag for a duck in the fourth over of the opening day.
Ben Hilfenhaus struck early when dangerous Sehwag looked to play to the offside that took an outside edge to Ricky Ponting at slip as India dealt an early blow.
Earlier, Australian skipper Michael Clarke won the toss and elected to bowl in the third Test of the four-match series.
Both Australia and India go with four quicks in the match. Pacer Vinay Kumar came in place of off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for India whereas for the hosts Mitchell Starc replace spinner Nathan Lyon.
Australia hold a 2-0 lead in the four-Test series after convincing wins in Melbourne and Sydney.
India must win both remaining Tests to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar will again chase his elusive 100th international century, in just his third Test at the venue, where he scored a 114 on his first tour of Australia in 1992.
Tendulkar has been stranded on 99 Test and one-day international centuries since March when he scored 111 against South Africa in the World Cup.
Friday's match got under way under clear skies and in warm conditions, but there was some rain forecast for the coming days as a cyclone edges down the WA coast.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar.
Australia: Michael Clarke (c), David Warner, Ed Cowan, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin, Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus, Ryan Harris, Mitchel Starc.
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Kumara Dharmasena ( Sri Lanka).
Third umpire: Paul Reiffel (Australia).
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
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Dravid attempted to flick full length delivery off his pads, probably beaten up by the pace and the ball ricochets off his pads to the stumps. Dravid made nine off 35 balls with the help of a boundary.
Dravid added 28 runs for the second wicket with Gautam Gambhir after losing Virender Sehwag early.
India's opening woes continued as the visitors lost Sehwag for a duck in the fourth over of the opening day.
Ben Hilfenhaus struck early when dangerous Sehwag looked to play to the offside that took an outside edge to Ricky Ponting at slip as India dealt an early blow.
Earlier, Australian skipper Michael Clarke won the toss and elected to bowl in the third Test of the four-match series.
Both Australia and India go with four quicks in the match. Pacer Vinay Kumar came in place of off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for India whereas for the hosts Mitchell Starc replace spinner Nathan Lyon.
Australia hold a 2-0 lead in the four-Test series after convincing wins in Melbourne and Sydney.
India must win both remaining Tests to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar will again chase his elusive 100th international century, in just his third Test at the venue, where he scored a 114 on his first tour of Australia in 1992.
Tendulkar has been stranded on 99 Test and one-day international centuries since March when he scored 111 against South Africa in the World Cup.
Friday's match got under way under clear skies and in warm conditions, but there was some rain forecast for the coming days as a cyclone edges down the WA coast.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar.
Australia: Michael Clarke (c), David Warner, Ed Cowan, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin, Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus, Ryan Harris, Mitchel Starc.
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Kumara Dharmasena ( Sri Lanka).
Third umpire: Paul Reiffel (Australia).
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
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