Australia suffered the humiliation of an enforced follow-on as India went for the kill on day four in the Sydney Test before bad light stopped play.
Play had been delayed in the morning for four hours due to rain, but the hosts had eventually resumed on 236-6 before crumbling to 300 all out.
With India 322 runs ahead after their first innings declaration on 622-7, Virat Kohli commanded Australia to go out and bat again in what was their first follow-on on home soil for 30 years.
Baggy Green openers Marcus Harris and Usman Khawaja made it through four overs before the light dimmed and play was abandoned for the day.
Mohammed Shami struck first in the little play there was as he clean bowled Pat Cummins – scorer of a gritty half-century in Melbourne – just three deliveries after the new ball was taken.
A dashing Peter Handscomb knock came to an end on 37 when he dragged on Jasprit Bumrah and Nathan Lyon fell to a full toss from Kuldeep Yadav five balls later.
Kuldeep Yadav's first Test on Aussie soil and he collects a five-wicket haul!#AUSvIND | @Domaincomau pic.twitter.com/e29NWD6oyZ
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Australia’s grim innings could have ended even sooner if not for a Hanuma Vihari drop while Josh Hazlewood was on a duck. The Australia paceman went on to compile 42 with Mitchell Starc for the last wicket, but Yadav eventually picked up the latter for his five-wicket haul.
There is surely no stopping India from securing their first-ever Test series victory in Australia now, needing just a draw to wrap up a series they already lead 2-1.
