Hayden, Ponting fall after India's dismissal

Australia's first innings got off to an all-too-familiar shaky start with Matthew Hayden removed on the third ball after the visitors dismissed India for 469 on day two of the second Test in Mohali.

Hayden was bowled when he played a Zaheer Khan delivery back onto his stumps, bringing skipper Ricky Ponting to the crease at 0 for 1 for the second time this series.

The Queensland opener was dismissed for a third time in three innings by Zaheer, who had Hayden removed in the opening over of the first Test in Bangalore before striking him down for 13 in the second dig.

Ponting followed suit after a relatively fruitless period of resistance, adding just five runs from 23 deliveries before he was trapped lbw by Ishant Sharma.

Earlier, Australia managed to break the valuable partnership of Sourav Ganguly (102) and MS Dhoni (92) before expeditiously cleaning up the tail-end to limit India's first innings to 469 runs.

Century-maker Ganguly and stand-in skipper Dhoni (92) came together following the departure of Sharma and threatened to dislodge Australia's footing in the match.

Their valuable seventh-wicket partnership of 109 runs was brought to an end when Cameron White and Brett Lee combined to remove the left-hander shortly after he brought up his 16th Test ton.

The hosts had resumed at 5 for 311 after an opening day marked by Sachin Tendulkar's milestone of becoming the most prolific run-scorer in Test cricket history.

The Australians battled bravely on day one after the Indians got off to a sizzling start, taking quick wickets after lunch before Tendulkar stamped his authority with a classy 88.

The Indian legend eclipsed retired West Indian Brian Lara's world record of 11,953 Test runs in the highlight of day one's play, as well as passing 12,000 runs.

Sharma, elevated above Dhoni as the night watchman in the shadows of the opening day, departed for 9 when he spooned the ball to Simon Katich to hand Australian paceman Peter Siddle his second Test wicket on debut.

But that was Australia's only joy during the morning session on day two, as Ganguly and Dhoni took the bowling attack to task and proved India's batting stocks run deep down the order.