Surprised Gillespie!

Australian pace spearhead Jason Gillespie said he was surprised when umpire Steve Bucknor gave Indian batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar out leg before wicket in the first Gabba Test here on Sunday.

The crowd groaned when Tendulkar was controversially given out by Bucknor for his 11th duck in 108 Tests during the morning session of the fourth day.

Tendulkar, the fifth all-time greatest Test scorer with 8,882 runs, was stunned when the West Indian umpire slowly raised his finger to signal the end of Tendulkar.

Television replays suggested that the delivery would have cleared the stumps after Tendulkar did not offer a shot to Gillespie.

"I appealed for so long and I didn't get a response, so I assumed it was going to be given not out, yeah, it was a nice surprise," said Gillespie.

Gillespie was head and shoulders above his fellow bowlers on a trying day for the home side as Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly propelled the tourists to 362 for six with his first century against Australia.

Gillespie finished with 3-45 from 25 overs and claimed the key wicket of Tendulkar for a three-ball duck.

With Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath sidelined with injuries, Gillespie denied he was under any extra pressure to perform and defended the efforts of his fellow pacemen on a pitch that didn't seem to offer as much assistance as expected.

Bucknor appeared to make another contentious decision when he turned down a strident bat-pad catch appeal against Chopra, who appeared to get his bat to a turner from leg-spinner Stuart MacGill to Simon Katich at short leg when he was on 27.