Australia made 277 for 6 in 89 overs on the first day of the boxing day test after Australian Caption Michael Clarke won the toss.
Debutant opener Ed Cowan made 68 runs and former skipper Ricky Ponting made 62 runs.
Young talented bowler of India Umesh Yadav take 3 wickets and bowl very fast touch a speed of 150.1 kmph. Zaheer Khan bowls brilliantly in the last session and take 2 wickets.
Scorecard: Australia 1st innings
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
| Ed Cowan | c Dhoni b Ashwin | 68 | 177 | 7 | 0 |
| D Warner | c Dhoni b Yadav | 37 | 49 | 4 | 1 |
| S Marsh | c Kohli b Yadav | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| R Ponting | c Laxman b Yadav | 62 | 94 | 6 | 0 |
| *M Clarke | b Zaheer | 31 | 68 | 5 | 0 |
| M Hussey | c Dhoni b Zaheer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B Haddin | not out | 21 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| P Siddle | not out | 34 | 80 | 4 | 0 |
| N Lyon | |||||
| B Hilfenhaus | |||||
| J Pattinson |
Extras: 24
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket |
| Zaheer Khan | 23 | 5 | 49 | 2 |
| I Sharma | 20 | 6 | 40 | 0 |
| U Yadav | 20 | 4 | 96 | 3 |
| R Ashwin | 26 | 2 | 71 | 1 |
