Battle of Perth: Mixed Day for Team India

Indian batsmen got out when they looked solid. It happened thrice if we don't include Sachin's dismissal, who got a bad decision from Asad Rauf. Sehwag threw his wicket when he was going well on 29.

Dravid played a wrong shot off part-timer Andrew Symonds while he was batting on 93 and Laxman too failed to judge the ball and perished on 27. At stumps, India were 297/6. Dhoni and Pathan remained unbeaten at the crease. For Australia, Lee took 3 wickets.