india vs austraila

India steady after Sehwag exit

Lunch India 54 for 1 (Vijay 29*, Pujara 15*) trail Australia 237 for 9 dec by 183 runs 
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	M Vijay didn't play too many extravagant shots in his unbeaten 29 ©

While the first day of the Hyderabad Test had been full of big swings in momentum, the second morning was a more subdued wait-and-watch affair. Australia's bowlers weren't exceptional but were disciplined enough to allow only 49 runs before lunch. They only got the one wicket, that of Virender Sehwag, as India made slow-and-steady progress.

Neither of India's openers are certain of retaining their place in the next Test, and the selectors' patience with Sehwag will be running out after he nicked Peter Siddle to fall for 6 - he now has only one 50-plus score in 13 innings.

Sehwag's opening partner M Vijay needed a big innings after twin failures in Chennai, and he flirted with danger early on, chasing a couple of short-and-wide deliveries, prompting the usual concerns over his temperament for Test cricket. However, he buckled down after that, patiently waiting for the opportunity to score instead of trying anything extravagant. A regal cover drive off Siddle in the 10th over was the shot of the morning, and his next big shot was well over an hour later, stepping down to launch Xavier Doherty inside-out over mid-off.

Cheteshwar Pujara kept Vijay company for much of the session. He began with a clipped boundary to midwicket off his first ball, and three balls later took a risky single to the energetic David Warner at cover. The dive to complete that run hurt his knee, and he wasn't entirely comfortable running between the wickets after that. He was also fazed early on by a quick James Pattinson bouncer that thudded into his gloves.

Pattinson, the paciest of Australia's bowlers, started the day with a yorker, trying to dismiss Vijay in the same manner as he did in the first innings in Chennai. He also dished out some short deliveries to test the batsmen while Siddle, the other senior quick bowler, was more steady. The most disciplined of the bowlers was, perhaps a bit surprisingly, Moises Henriques, who conceded only three runs off his seven overs, though he didn't pose much of a wicket-taking threat.

Australia sent down 21 overs of pace, in which India only scored 35, before turning to the spin of Xavier Doherty. It's a big game for Doherty, who is playing his first Test since 2010 and has to shoulder much of the spinning responsibility in this match. Australia's worries over the strength of their spin department would have increased when he began with two friendly full tosses on leg stump, but there was some encouragement for him in the final over before the break as he got one to rip past Vijay's blade.