India paceman Umesh Yadav blitzed Australia's top order leaving veteran batsmen Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey left to mount a rescue in the second innings on the third day of the first Test Wednesday.
Yadav took three quick wickets and Ishant Sharma a fourth as Australia's top order collapsed to 27-4, before Ponting and Hussey dug in defiantly to build a 54-run stand to survive to the tea interval at the sun-bathed Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Ponting, on 33, and Hussey (29) drove Australia to 81-4, an overall lead of 132, after India were dismissed for a disappointing 282 in their first innings before lunch.
Australia started their second innings disastrously, losing both openers in the space of three balls to Yadav, who found encouraging bounce and variation from the pitch...........
David Warner, a Twenty20 specialist battling to cement his place in the Test side, was out for five playing onto his stumps after slashing at a wide delivery he should have left well alone.
Ed Cowan, who scored a judicious 68 in the first innings as a succession of partners came and went, threw away his wicket by padding up to Yadav and was given out for lbw.
The rangy 24-year-old Yadav had his third when number three Shaun Marsh played onto his stumps with an indiscriminate swipe in a carbon copy of Warner's downfall minutes earlier.
Paceman Ishant Sharma had bowled with venom but went wicketless in the first innings, but was finally rewarded when he bowled captain Michael Clarke through the gate for one.
Former captain Ponting made his way to the centre with a purposeful stride and a rousing ovation from the stands but had to survive a tempestuous few overs off India's pacemen before settling down with a square cut blasted to the fence.
The 36-year-old Hussey, under pressure to retain his place in the re-building team after a pair of golden ducks in his last two innings, also weathered a torrid opening but combined well with Ponting to raise Australia's hopes of building a defendable total.
WASTED WORK
Australia's stunning collapse, the laTest in a rash of batting disasters in recent Tests, wasted the good work of their bowlers who ran through India's last seven wickets for 73 runs before lunch.
India had resumed on 214-3 after their veteran batsmen Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid put Australia's bowlers to the sword on the second day.
Dravid resumed on 68 with nightwatchman Sharma but lasted only two balls before Ben Hilfenhaus bowled him with a searing leg-cutter, the start of a brilliant morning that netted the paceman four wickets.
Hilfenhaus, recalled to the Test side after a poor Ashes series earlier this year, had middle order batsman Virat Kohli caught behind by wicketkeeper Brad Haddin for 11 soon after, then India captain MS Dhoni caught in the gully by Hussey for six.
He later notched his fifth wicket for the match when nightwatchman Sharma nicked to Haddin on 11, after a defiant 106-minute knock.
Paceman Peter Siddle, who bowled Sachin Tendulkar for 73 in the last over before stumps Tuesday, picked up the prized wicket of VVS Laxman for two after the 37-year-old edged to Haddin.
The fiery redhead from rural Victoria then ended a swashbuckling 31 from spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to complete the rout.
James Pattinson bowled paceman Zaheer Khan for four.
Hilfenhaus's spell left him with 5-75, his best Test figures, and belied his reputation as a workhorse only capable of troubling batsmen with the new ball.
Yadav took three quick wickets and Ishant Sharma a fourth as Australia's top order collapsed to 27-4, before Ponting and Hussey dug in defiantly to build a 54-run stand to survive to the tea interval at the sun-bathed Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Ponting, on 33, and Hussey (29) drove Australia to 81-4, an overall lead of 132, after India were dismissed for a disappointing 282 in their first innings before lunch.
Australia started their second innings disastrously, losing both openers in the space of three balls to Yadav, who found encouraging bounce and variation from the pitch...........
David Warner, a Twenty20 specialist battling to cement his place in the Test side, was out for five playing onto his stumps after slashing at a wide delivery he should have left well alone.
Ed Cowan, who scored a judicious 68 in the first innings as a succession of partners came and went, threw away his wicket by padding up to Yadav and was given out for lbw.
The rangy 24-year-old Yadav had his third when number three Shaun Marsh played onto his stumps with an indiscriminate swipe in a carbon copy of Warner's downfall minutes earlier.
Paceman Ishant Sharma had bowled with venom but went wicketless in the first innings, but was finally rewarded when he bowled captain Michael Clarke through the gate for one.
Former captain Ponting made his way to the centre with a purposeful stride and a rousing ovation from the stands but had to survive a tempestuous few overs off India's pacemen before settling down with a square cut blasted to the fence.
The 36-year-old Hussey, under pressure to retain his place in the re-building team after a pair of golden ducks in his last two innings, also weathered a torrid opening but combined well with Ponting to raise Australia's hopes of building a defendable total.
WASTED WORK
Australia's stunning collapse, the laTest in a rash of batting disasters in recent Tests, wasted the good work of their bowlers who ran through India's last seven wickets for 73 runs before lunch.
India had resumed on 214-3 after their veteran batsmen Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid put Australia's bowlers to the sword on the second day.
Dravid resumed on 68 with nightwatchman Sharma but lasted only two balls before Ben Hilfenhaus bowled him with a searing leg-cutter, the start of a brilliant morning that netted the paceman four wickets.
Hilfenhaus, recalled to the Test side after a poor Ashes series earlier this year, had middle order batsman Virat Kohli caught behind by wicketkeeper Brad Haddin for 11 soon after, then India captain MS Dhoni caught in the gully by Hussey for six.
He later notched his fifth wicket for the match when nightwatchman Sharma nicked to Haddin on 11, after a defiant 106-minute knock.
Paceman Peter Siddle, who bowled Sachin Tendulkar for 73 in the last over before stumps Tuesday, picked up the prized wicket of VVS Laxman for two after the 37-year-old edged to Haddin.
The fiery redhead from rural Victoria then ended a swashbuckling 31 from spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to complete the rout.
James Pattinson bowled paceman Zaheer Khan for four.
Hilfenhaus's spell left him with 5-75, his best Test figures, and belied his reputation as a workhorse only capable of troubling batsmen with the new ball.
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