Australia [ Images ] hit back strongly in the third and final session on Day 3 of the first Test against India [ Images ], at Mohali on Sunday, to tak
Suresh Raina's [ Images ] 86 was the next best contribution in the Indian total. And when the two were batting in tandem, India looked set for a mammoth first innings total.
Then, they somehow lost the plot.
It was Johnson's sixth five-wicket haul in his 37th Test. It was also the first occasion he claimed a fiver against India, his previous best being 4 for 70 at Bangalore in 2008.
Doug Bollinger also impressed, taking two for 49.
However, the Australian fielding left a lot to be desired. They seemed to have taken a leaf out of the host's book and were in a generous mood, dropping catches or missing stumpings.
Had their fielding been its actual self, it would suffice to say that India's position would have been worse and the visitor's lead bigger.
Morning session: (81 runs, 28 overs, 1 wicket)
Nathan Hauritz [ Images ] opened the bowling for the visitors alongside Mitchell Johnson. However, Ben Hilfenhaus [ Images ] replaced the latter after he bowled only two overs.
Only 11 runs came off the first eight overs. The first boundary of the day came in the ninth over when an edge off Dravid's blade (off Hilfenhaus) went between the fielders.
Ishant Sharma [ Images ] (18) frustrated the Australian bowlers for more than an hour and rode his luck -- Michael Hussey [Images ] dropping him at slips off Hauritz -- before Doug Bollinger uprooted his off-stump with sheer pace.
India reduced to 151 for three and Tendulkar at the crease.
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