Australia have removed Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid to gain the early ascendancy at drinks in the first session of the third Test at Delhi.

Brett Lee, under intense pressure from both the media and his teammates, trapped Sehwag plumb lbw for 1 before Mitch Johnson had Dravid chasing at one and edging to Hayden at slip to reduce India to 27/2.

Earlier, Harbhajan Singh was ruled out with a toe injury as India won the toss and elected to bat.

India: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni, Anil Kumble (capt), Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra.

Australia: Ricky Ponting (capt), Matthew Hayden, Simon Katich, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Cameron White, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark.