India posts huge total at Adelaide

Adelaide: Adam Gilchrist broke Mark Boucher's world record for test dismissals on Friday as Australia finally polished off India's first innings late on the second day of the fourth and final test.

Gilchrist claimed his 414th victim, eclipsing the South African's previous record of 413 dismissals by a wicketkeeper, when he caught India captain Anil Kumble off the bowling of Mitchell Johnson for 87.

Kumble and Harbhajan Singh had both completed half-centuries as India's tailenders piled on the runs to finish with a daunting total of 526.

Australia briefly looked as though they might restrict the Indians to less than 400 when they dismissed Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the first hour of play but struggled to mop up the last three wickets.

Dhoni departed for 16 while Tendulkar's superb innings ended on 153 with the total on 359-7 but Australia's joy was shortlived as Harbhajan and Kumble added 107 for the eighth wicket.

Rudra Pratap Singh was dismissed for a duck but Kumble and Ishant Sharma continued to frustrate the Australians with a defiant last-wicket stand of 58.

India started the day on 309-5 and added 216 runs for the
loss of four wickets to put themselves in a position to press
for victory and possibly square the series.

The Adelaide pitch was ideally suited for batting and
offered little assistance to the bowlers but the Australians,
who lead the series 2-1 after winning the first two tests in
Melbourne and Sydney, only had themselves to blame for droppingseven catches during the innings.