Australia [ Images ] failed to make the best of a century-opening partnership and were reduced to 273 for 7 in the first innings on the second day of the third Test against India [ Images ] at the Punjab [ Images ] Cricket Association stadium in Mohali on Friday.
While Ed Cowan, David Warner and Steven Smith did well for the Aussies, who are two down in the four-match series, it was some fine spin bowling by Ravindra Jadeja [ Images ] that enabled the home team end the day on a high.
A look at some statistical highlights from the day’s play.
# Dhoni [ Images ] is the first to complete 50 dismissals as wicketkeeper for India against Australia in Tests.
# Jadeja has bagged Clarke's wicket four times in the current series.
# Ed Cowan (86 off 238 balls) posted his second best score, after the 136 against South Africa [ Images ] at Brisbane [ Images ] in November 2012.
# Cowan registered his sixth fifty in Tests, third against India.
# David Warner (71) posted his highest score against India in India, eclipsing the 59 at Chennai in the first Test of the current series.
# Warner's aforesaid innings is his highest away from home. His seventh fifty in Tests is his second against India.
# Steven Smith registered his third fifty (58 not out) in Tests - his first against India.
# The 139-run stand between Cowan and Warner is Australia's highest for the first wicket against India in India, bettering the 136 between Matthew Hayden [ Images ] and Justin Langer at Chennai in October 2004.
# Clarke provided the 20th instance when an Australian captain registered a first-ball duck. Greg Chappell [ Images ] holds an unwanted record, having registered it five times, followed by Ponting (four times).
# Greg Chappell and Clarke are the only two Australian captains register first-ball ducks against India.
# Phillip Hughes has scored just 27 runs in five innings, at an average of 5.40 in the current series.
Photograph: BCCI
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