North and Paine drive Australia ahead

Oct 10, 2010

Tim Paine batted solidly when play resumed on the second day•AFP

North hit the Test's first six, off Pragyan Ojha•Getty Images

Australia lost Paine soon after lunch•Getty Images

Australia were finally bowled out for 478•Getty Images

The Chinnaswamy stadium hasn't been a happy hunting ground for Rahul Dravid, and yet again, he was dismissed early•AFP

Marcus North kept the score moving by batting fluently•Getty Images

Paine stayed on course for his second Test fifty•Getty Images

But North, who had scored just 46 runs in his last six Test innings, held firm to reach his century•AFP

Virender Sehwag was treated to a bouncer barrage by the Australia seamers•Associated Press

But Sachin Tendulkar and M Vijay steadied things for India with an unbeaten partnership of 90•AFP

North and Paine were unbeaten at lunch, having added 99 in the first session•Associated Press

He reached his highest Test score of 128 as he took Australia past 450, before he was dismissed •Associated Press

Sehwag counter-attacked in typical fashion, but soon holed out in the deep•Associated Press

Tendulkar reached the milestone of 14000 Test runs just before close of play; India ending the day on 128 for 2•AFP