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The Australian captain has made a century on the first day of the first test in Bangalore. he Australian captain had only made 172 runs in eight previous Tests. Ponting departed for 123 and Zaheer Khan removed Michael Clarke in the final over - brought India back into the contest.

Ishant Sharma said in the post match conference that "The wicket was slow and you need to have a lot of patience on such wickets. Restricting the Aussies to less than 300 runs will be a good achievement." He added "If we can get a couple of early wickets in the morning (tomorrow) we can contain them. The first one and half hour will be crucial for both teams," he said.

"No doubt Ponting is a great batsman but nobody can keep performing well all the time. Today he played well but I think we did well by snapping up two late wickets," he said.

Posting made his 36th Test hundred in his 200th innings.
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