1st Test, Day 1: India v. Australia: Ponting Scores His First Century in India!

Zaheer struck in the first and last over of the day to give India a hope and to keep the first innings evenly balanced.

Zaheer struck in the third ball of the first over when Hayden played the ball that was pitched marginaly fuller and swung away. It took the edge and landed in Dhoni's hand.

It was left to skipper Ponting, who never had a good season in India and Katich to build the innings. They added 166 runs for the 2nd wicket. Katich and Ponting crossed their 50 and looked solid.

Ishanth Sharma dismissed Katich caught by Dhoni for 66. The ball took the outside edge and went straight to Dhoni.

Ponting scored a good century--his first in Indian soil. With this century, he has equalled Gavaskar's 34 centuries. He is in 2nd position behind Tendulkar.

His century came off 185 balls with 13 fours. He played Harbhajan well and went over the fielders head few times.

But, he finally fell to Harbhajan, given LBW when he tried to sweep. He was out for 123 off 243 balls with 13 fours.

Clarke was out in the last over 2nd ball trapped LBW off Zaheer. He scored 11.

Test: 1st Test
Venue: Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Dates: October 9-13, 2008
Teams: India and Australia
Hosts: India
Captains: Anil Kumble and Ricky Ponting
Toss: Australia

Score at the end of Day 1:

Australia 1st Innings 254 for 4 in 89.2 overs (ML Hayden 0, SM Katich 66, RT Ponting 123, MEK Hussye 46 batting, MJ Clarke 11, Extras--8 (lb 5, w 1, nb 2), Z Khan 17.2-4-39-2, I Sharma 16-3-49-1, Harbhajan Singh 25-6-71-1, A Kumble 27-4-84-0, V Sehwag 4-0-6-0)