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A 142-run partnership between Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar, now the leading run-scorer in Test history, ensured India finished the first day in Mohali slightly in front.

The Ganguly-Tendulkar partnership came at a crucial time for India, who had just lost 3 wickets for 17 and appeared to be crashing after a dominant start. In fact, that flurry of wickets was the only time Australia looked in the contest; for the most part, it was India's batsmen prospering on a batting paradise.

It was a day of milestones, the most significant being Tendulkar passing Brian Lara's all time Test run-scoring record on the first ball after tea. He went on to score his fiftieth Test 50 and his 12,000th Test run, while Ganguly reached 7000 Test runs in his final series.

The Indian dominance was established the moment the coin fell in MS Dhoni's - filling in for the injured Anil Kumble - favour. Halfway through the second session they'd reached 146 for only the loss of Sehwag, as Gambhir and Dravid made batting look easy.

But when Dravid inside edged Brett Lee back on to his stumps, it sparked a mini-collapse. Mitch Johnson removed Gambhir in the very next over, extracting a faint edge that Haddin easily collected.

Johnson was the best of the Australian bowlers, with his left-arm pace proving too much for Virender Sehwag, Dravid and Gambhir. Given his success, Australian selectors may be rethinking the decision to snub New South Wales left-armer Doug Bollinger.

The man who was handed a debut instead of Bollinger, Peter Siddle, did claim his first Test wicket. Like Cameron White in Bangalore, it was the Little Master: he confidently attempted three back-foot drives against the new ball, the third of which found Hayden in the slips.

Cricket-Online, in association with SPIN Magazine, will have live commentary of day 2 from Mohali from 04:00GMT tomorrow.