Australia completed an emphatic 10-wicket win over India inside three days of the second day-night Test in Adelaide to level the five-match series at 1-1.
With India starting the third morning at 128-5 in their second innings, still trailing by 29 runs, the dangerous Rishabh Pant (28) departed to the sixth ball of the day but finished any hope of an inspired fight from the visitors.
Pat Cummins quickly cleaned up the tail, the Australian captain finishing with 5-57 as India were bowled out for 175, leaving his side just 19 runs short – just 42 Nitish Kumar Reddy forcing tourists from losing innings.
Openers Nathan McSweeney (10no) and Usman Khawaja (9no) would need just 20 deliveries to tick the required runs to level things between the sides going into the third Test in in Brisbane on Saturday, December 14.
India had beaten their hosts by 295 runs in the series opener in Perth, but were almost in control from ball one of the second Test.
Mitchell Starc's best figures of 6-48 sent the touring side out for 180 in their first innings, before Travis Head smashed a blistering 140 off 141 balls to move Australia to 337, and lead 157- run, in response.
Mitchell Starc claimed career-best figures of 6-48 to help India out for 180 on day one in Adelaide
Australia's quicks then dismantled India's top order again in the second innings, under late lights on the second day, to leave the Test firmly in their grasp on the third morning.
And they wouldn't let him slip, Starc (2-60) securing the main scalp of Pant, pushing to second slip, in the open over, before Cummins started around the tail.
Ravichandran Ashwin (7) was caught behind looking to pull, Harshit Rana (0) could not stop a rising delivery and was caught at backward point, while Reddy kissed at third place in pursuit of a quick run as he ran out of partners.
His defiant 42 at least ensured Australia had to bat again, but their target did not matter as Scott Boland (3-51) quickly rounded off the innings with the wicket of Mohammed Siraj (7).
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