According to Times of India's Report: Ben Hilfenhaus had Ishant Sharma caught by Ed Cowan at forward short leg soon after Indian captain MS Dhoni hit a half-century on the first day of the second Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday.
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Ishant denied Hilfenhaus a hat-trick as India resumed their first innings after tea.
Ben Hilfenhaus dismissed R Ashwin and Zaheer Khan off successive deliveries at the stroke of tea.
Hilfenhaus first had Ashwin caught by Michael Clarke at first slip off a good length delivery shaping away and then bowled an absolute snorter to Zaheer Khan who tried to duck under the bouncing delivery, but could not go completely under it and gloved the ball which lobbed up to Ed Cowan at forward short leg.
Sachin Tendulkar hit 41 runs before edging a James Pattinson delivery onto his stumps.
Tendulkar went for a cover drive to a full and wide delivery outside the off-stump but dragged it back on to the stumps for Pattinson to take his fourth wicket.
Peter Siddle took his second wicket when he had Virat Kohli caught behind by Brad Haddin.
Siddle set up Kohli with a couple of short-pitched deliveries pushing him to the back-foot and then bowled a superb outswinger that Kohli came forward to defend, tried to withdraw but was late in the end and the ball seamed away a bit after pitching and that was enough to take the outside edge.
Earlier, Australia's young pace spearhead James Pattinson rocked India with three wickets.
Pattinson, 21, playing in only his fourth Test match, set the tourists back on their heels with three wickets on the first morning after India had won the toss.
India reached lunch at 72 for four with Tendulkar unbeaten on 21 and Virat Kohli on 12.
The SCG, hosting its centenary Test, is one of 38-year-old Tendulkar's happy hunting grounds.
Test cricket's greatest run-getter has scored three of his 51 Test hundreds in seven innings and coming into the match averaged an incredible 221.33 at the famous ground.
Tendulkar has been stranded on 99 Test and one-day international centuries since scoring 111 against South Africa in the World Cup in March.
Gautam Gambhir was out on the third ball of the Test, nudging an enticing Pattinson outswinger to first slip Michael Clarke for a duck.
Gambhir's dismissal continued a poor series after scoring three and 13 in Melbourne.
India have now gone 10 Test innings without a half-century opening stand.
Rahul Dravid fell to a bat-pad catch to Ed Cowan in Peter Siddle's second over for five off 33 balls.
Dravid's uncertain series continued after he was bowled three times (one off a no-ball) in Melbourne.
Sehwag had a "life" on 23 when he was dropped by Ricky Ponting at second slip off Ben Hilfenhaus.
But Sehwag was out to another splendid Pattinson delivery, nicking to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin for 30 off 51 balls in the 19th over
Pattinson, bowling with beautiful shape, tempted Laxman to drive only to edge to Shaun Marsh at third slip for a disappointing two after scores of two and one in Melbourne.
It was a rare batting failure for Laxman at the SCG, which statistically is his most productive scoring venue outside of India.
In five previous Test innings at the ground he has scored three hundreds and averages 96.20 and his cheap dismissal left India struggling at 59 for four.
The SCG is only the third ground in Test cricket behind Lord's (123) in London and the Melbourne Cricket Ground (104) to stage 100 Tests.
Teams:
India: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav.
Australia: David Warner, Ed Cowan, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (captain), Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nathan Lyon.
source: Times of India
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