Although Hussey continued to pile up the misery, the post-lunch session turned out to be a little more productive for the Indians as Ishant Sharma struck twice to remove Brad Haddin (33) and Cameron White (6).

Hussey and Brett Lee (27), however, tormented the hosts with a valuable 59-run partnership for the eighth wicket which took Australia past the 400 mark.

Both Haddin and White perished in quick succession offering simple catches at covers to VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh respectively as Ishant capped his fourth wicket of the innings and looked like wrapping up the tail.

But Hussey proved to be a thorn in India's flesh as he unleashed a flurry of scintillating strokes and even fetched the first six of the innings off Harbhajan.

When Hussey reached his century, it was the 25th century scored at this venue and sixth by an Australian.

The post-tea session saw a dramatic change in India's fortune as Zaheer got some reverse swing going to polish off the tail in quick time.

From a comfortable 416 for seven at the tea interval, the visitors were all out for 430, facing just 3.5 overs after the break.

Zaheer first castled Lee with a gem of an in-swinger and then accounted for Mitchell Johnson with a similar delivery. Hussey was the last wicket to fall with Zaheer dismissing with a vicious delivery which dislodged his stumps, much to the delight of the Indians who could hardly afford the Australians to pile up a bigger first innings total.

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