Day two photos

Australia's Shane Warne became Test cricket's leading wicket-taker but Virender Sehwag kept India on top with a ton on day two of the second Test.

Warne moved ahead of Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan when Irfan Pathan was caught at slip before lunch.

Sehwag, however, hit 155 - his seventh Test century - as India closed on 291-6, 56 runs ahead of the visitors.

The India opener clubbed 21 fours before falling to Warne, whose figures of 3-95 took his career tally to 535.

Three quick wickets early in the evening had India six down and two runs behind, but Mohammad Kaif and Parthiv Patel capitalised on a succession of dropped catches to put on 58 unbroken runs for the seventh wicket.

India were in no hurry at the start of the day, with Sehwag and nightwatchman Pathan adding 11 runs in as many overs from an overnight score of 28-1.

Australia had a poor day in the field while Sehwag prospered

Pathan was nuisance value to an Australian team wanting him out of the way, scoring one run from 30 balls before slog-sweeping Warne for six when the leg-spinner was called into action.

Even the normally hyperactive Sehwag was subdued, but he gradually warmed to the task and passed fifty with a boundary swept delicately against Warne's spin.

Warne has removed better batsmen than Pathan in his 13-year Test career, but his was the wicket that gave the blonde leg-spinner the outright record for the first time.

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Pathan edged a wide half-volley to slip fielder Matthew Hayden, prompting Warne to display the ball to an appreciative crowd like a trophy.

It was Australia's only strike of the morning, however, and Sehwag reverted to type after lunch to score 72 of India's 96 afternoon runs.

Typically he was far from chanceless, with two expansive, miscued shots just evading Australia's increasingly frustrated fielders.

Gillespie put Australia back in the match with a fine evening spell

But he earned his chances with an assortment of dazzling strokeplay, cashing in on the occasional spinner Darren Lehmann and reaching triple figures with one of 21 boundaries.

All the while Rahul Dravid looked to be laying his own foundations for a big score, but on 26 he played a subtle Mike Kasprowicz off-cutter onto his stumps.

Kasprowicz soon had Sourav Ganguly's measure, but Adam Gilchrist spilled the first of four dropped catches for Australia to leave India on 197-3 at tea.

The early part of the evening belonged to Australia as three wickets fell for 30 runs, starting with Jason Gillespie's removal of Ganguly and VVS Laxman for single-figure scores.

Ganguly finally fell victim to the off-side trap with Gilchrist making no mistake, while Laxman stayed back in his crease to be bowled for the 19th time in his 90-inning Test career.

Soon after Sehwag played one expansive shot too many, miscuing Warne to deep mid-wicket where Michael Clarke put two recent drops to one side to claim his first Test catch.

Kaif, playing his fifth Test and first for three years, was uncomfortable early on and survived two dropped chances behind the bat off Warne to remain unbeaten on 34.

Patel (27 not out) also benefited from a drop in the slip cordon, but both players battled well and the longer they go on the greater India's hopes for a series-levelling win.

India: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Dravid, V.V.S. Laxman, Mohammad Kaif, Parthiv Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan.

Australia: Adam Gilchrist (captain), Justin Langer, Matthew Hayden, Simon Katich, Damien Martyn, Darren Lehmann, Michael Clarke, Shane Warne, Jason Gillespie, Michael Kasprowicz, Glenn McGrath.