Sydney, Jan 05: Rahul Dravid struck a breezy unbeaten 91 as India provided the stage for a pulsating finish to the series-deciding cricket Test by setting Australia a stiff winning target of 443 runs here today. After India took a first innings lead of 231, Dravid exhibited some stunning shots before being hit on the ear by a rising delivery from Brett Lee, forcing the Indian captain Sourav Ganguly to declare the second innings at 211 for two.

That left the visitors a minimum of 94 overs to press for their first-ever series win on Australian soil with one day remaining.

Earlier, Anil Kumble claimed eight for 141 after some unexpected resilient batting from the Australian tail who eventually folded up for 474 in the first innings.

Simon Katich, scoring his maiden Test hundred of 125, and Jason Gillespie with a defiant 47 added 117 runs for the eighth wicket to stretch Australia`s innings 50 minutes into tea session.

Kumble`s figures were his second career best after his 10-74 against Pakistan at Delhi in 1999. It was his 23-rd five wicket haul in an innings and took him past late West Indian fast bowler Malcolm Marshall`s Test tally of 376.

Kumble, with 378 wickets from 81 tests, is now the second highest Indian wicket-taker after former captain Kapil Dev who has 434 to his name.

Australia need to score at a rate of 4.71 runs an over to overhaul what would be the successful highest fourth innings target in the history of Test cricket. India 2nd innings Aakash Chopra c Martyn b Gillespie 2 Virender Sehwag c Gillespie b Macgill 47 Rahul Dravid not out 91 Sachin Tendulkar not out 60 Extras: (lb-3, w-1, nb-7) 11 Total: (for 2 wkts in 43.2 overs decl.) 211
Fall of wicket: 1-11, 2-73.
Bowling: Brett Lee 12.2-2-75-0, Jason Gillespie 7-2-32-1, Stuart Macgill 16-1-65-1, Nathan Bracken 8-0-36-0.
Australia 2nd innings Justin Langer batting 4 Matthew Hayden batting 1 Extras (b-4, nb-1) 5 Total (for no loss in 4 overs) 10
Bowling: Ajit Agarkar 2-1-4-0, Anil Kumble 2-0-2-0. Bureau Report