Australia were 43 for one at tea in reply to India's first innings 441 all out on the second day of the fourth and final Test against Australia today.

Debutant Jason Krejza took 8 for 215, including five wickets in 26 deliveries.

Krejza was on a hat-trick when had bowled both Zaheer Khan (1) and Amit Mishra (0) off consecutive deliveries but last man Ishant Sharma survived the third delivery.

The paceman did not hang around for long though, eventually caught by Simon Katich for a seven-ball duck, with India losing its last 5 wickets for 19 runs.

Krejza could have had nine wickets with Sachin Tendulkar dropped twice off his bowling yesterday before eventually falling to Mitchell Johnson for 109.

Brief scores:

India first innings: 441 all out in 124.5 overs (Sachin Tendulkar 109, Sourav Ganguly 85, Virender Sehwag 66, VVS Laxman 64, Mahendra Singh Dhoni 56, Jason Krejza 8/215, Mitchell Johnson 1/84, Shane Watson 1/42).

Australia first innings: 43 for one in 11 overs (Matthew Hayden 16, Simon Katich batting 18, Ricky Ponting batting 7).