India reached 36 for no loss in their first innings after dismissing Australia for 480 on the second day of the series-deciding fourth Test here on Friday.
Rohit Sharma (17 batting) and Shubman Gill (18 batting) were at the crease at the draw of stumps with India still 444 runs behind.
Ravichandran Ashwin (6/91) was the most successful bowler for India as he picked up five wickets on the second day, while Axar Patel managed to remove Usman Khawaja (180).
Mohammed Shami (2/134) had taken two wickets on day one.
Earlier, resuming the day at 255 for 4, Khawaja and Cameron Green (114) kept batting with ease as they added another 123 runs to consolidate Australia’s position.
After a barren morning session, Ashwin dismissed Green and Carey (0) in a space of four balls, before getting rid of Mitchell Starc (6).
Patel then trapped Khawaja, but Todd Murphy (41) and Nathan Lyon (34) added 70 runs to frustrate India.
Ashwin returned to pick up the remaining two wickets.
Scoreboard
India first innings: 36 for no loss in 10 overs (Rohit Sharma 17 batting, Shubman Gill 18 batting).
Australia 1st Innings: Travis Head c Jadeja b Ashwin 32 Usman Khawaja lbw Axar 180 Marnus Labuschagne b Mohd Shami 3 Steven Smith b Jadeja 38 Peter Handscomb b Mohd Shami 17 Cameron Green c Srikar Bharat b Ashwin 114 Alex Carey c Axar b Ashwin 0 Mitchell Starc c Shreyas Iyer b Ashwin 6 Nathan Lyon c Kohli b Ashwin 34 Todd Murphy lbw b Ashwin 41 Matthew Kuhnemann not out 0 Extras: (B-9, LB-3, NB-2, W-1) 15
Total (For 10 wickets, 167.2 overs) 480
Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-72, 3-151, 4-170, 378-5, 378-6, 387-7, 409-8, 479-9, 480-10.
Indian bowling: Mohammed Shami 31-3-134-2, Umesh Yadav 25-2-105-0, Ravichandran Ashwin 47.2-15-91-6, Ravindra Jadeja 35-5-89-1, Axar Patel 28-8-47-1, Shreyas Iyer 1-0-2-0.
India 1st Innings: Rohit Sharma not out 17 Shubman Gill not out 18 Extras: (LB-1) 1
Total: (For no loss, 10 Overs) 36
Australia bowling: Mitchell Starc 3-1-7-0, Cameron Green 2-0-11-0, Nathan Lyon 3-0-14-0, Matthew Kuhnemann 2-0-3-0.
