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Aussies shine in rain

Reuters, Mumbai
Openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gam-bhir failed to survive on a damp wicket on Wednesday as Australia took the early initiative in the fourth and final Test by leaving India struggling on 22
for two.
Sehwag, India's only in-form batsman this season, was the first to go when he was bowled by Glenn McGrath on a first-day track where the ball was skidding through.
Gambhir fell off the next ball, trapped lbw by Jason Gillespie with a delivery that came in sharply as India tumbled to 11 for two.
Both the openers had got half-chances off the first balls they faced, Sehwag (8) dropped by Nathan Hauritz and Gambhir (3) put down by Simon Katich on forward short leg.
Local hero Sachin Tendulkar was batting on two with stand-in captain Rahul Dravid on nine when play was finally called off due to bad light with just 11 overs bowled all day.
Australia have already won die Test series 2-0 by winning the first Test in Bangalore and third Test in Nagpur. It was their first series win in India since Bill Lawry's team in 1969.
"It was nice for us to pick up two wickets. We're very satisfied withour effort in whatever play was possible," Australian coach John Buchanan told reporters.
"We would've liked a few more overs but that was not to be."
Freak November rain in Mumbai started at 0500 local time and continued for six hours, washing out the first session.
Groundsmen dried the ground with mops and buckets and a Super Sopper was used on the bowlers’ run-up, which was one of the main areas of concern.
Only 22 minutes of play was possible in the second session, light drizzle forcing umpires Rudi Kocrtzen of South Africa and Pakis-tan's Aleem Dar to call early tea.
The wicket was covered again for more than two hours before play resumed late in the evening, only to be called off again after 27 minutes because of poor floodlights.
India, who won the toss and elected to bat, were still without injured captain Sourav Ganguly.
They picked two uncapped players in a bid to bring some fresh blood in the side — Gambhir for opener Akash Chopra and wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik for Parthiv Patel.
The hosts entered the match with three spinners and Zaheer Khan as the only genuine paccman.
Tendulkar, an occasional spinner, will open the bowling for the first time in his career with his wobbly seamers.
Skipper Ricky Ponting returned to the Australian team after missing
the first three Tests due to injury. But the visitors are without Shane Wame, who is out with a broken thumb.
Off-spinner Hauritz comes in to make his debut, becoming Australia 390thTest player.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the opening day of the fourth and final Test between India and Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday: INDIA: First innings
Gambhir lbwb Gillespie 3
Sehwag b McGrath 8
Dravid not out 9
Tendulkar not out 2
Extras: 0
Total: (For2wktsin II overs) 22
Fall of wickets: 1-11,2-11
To bat: Laxman, Kaif, Dinesh,
Kumble, Harbhajan, Murali, Zaheer.
Bowler O M R W
McGrath 6 4 9 1
Gillespie 5 0 13 1
AUSTRALIA: Ponting, Hayden.
Langer, Martyn, Clarke, Katich, Gilchrist, Hauritz, Gillespie. Kasprowicz, McGrath.
Toss: India.
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan).