Australia v India, 2nd Test, Sydney, 1st day
Australia fight back after early wobbles
The second Test began with Ishant Sharma called in to replace the injured Zaheer Khan•Getty Images
... when he ended Phil Jaques' run of outstanding form•AFP
... and was lucky to survive a caught-behind appeal against Sourav Ganguly•AFP
RP came back and found some more swing, dismissing Michael Hussey and Adam Gilchrist•Getty Images
and there was more disappointment for Ishant when he was slow off the mark in the outfield and missed chance to catch Brad Hogg•AFP
Symonds was thrilled to score his second Test century from 128 balls ...•AFP
But it was RP Singh who made the early breakthrough ...•Getty Images
RP was over the moon when he added Matthew Hayden's wicket to his collection•AFP
Michael Hussey gave Ponting some support in a 92-run partnership•Getty Images
Andrew Symonds was determined to help Australia fight back•AFP
Hogg outscored Symonds for much of their partnership ...•AFP
... and then settled down again to keep Australia's total growing as they went to stumps at 7 for 376•AFP
Ricky Ponting began Australia's recovery ...•AFP
Ponting struck nine fours in his 55 before he again fell to Harbhajan Singh•AFP
Ishant was convinced he had Symonds caught behind but Steve Bucknor disagreed ...•AFP
... and reached his first Test half-century from 57 balls•Getty Images