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The Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir gave a good start to the second innings rattling up 68 for no loss in 18.1 overs before a sharp shower forced play to be called off a little early. Sehwag was on 43 and Gambhir was giving him company on 20 at stumps on day two which saw the Australians consolidating their position in the match. Zaheer Khan was the pick of the Indian bowlers with 5 for 91 while fellow paceman Ishant Sharma took 4 for 77. With the three days left in the match, the Indians will have to bat out of their skins to counter the Aussie total since they may have to bat on a last day track in the fourth innings. Watson, who played his first Test innings in three years, just faced 14 balls.