Australia only managed to bowl 17 wickets in India on another rain-affected day in the third Test in Brisbane but it was enough for their pace attack to dismantle India's top order each other as they sank to 51-4 to end the third day 394 runs behind. the attendants.
After Australia's tail had engaged the bat for a bit longer to reach 445 out early on Monday, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood were quick to trouble India with a devastating opening session at the Gabba.
Starc (2-25) took the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill in his first two overs to set the tone, before Hazlewood (1-17) took the prize wicket of Virat Kohli just before one of the many showers that was passing. Early lunch with India at 22-3.
After removing Jaiswal (4) with the first ball of the innings in the second Test at Adelaide, Starc needed just two balls at the Gabba to remove the tourists' opener.
The first ball was dragged through gully for a boundary by the 22-year-old, but the second took a simple catch to Mitch Marsh at midwicket for a soft break.
In his next over, Starc struck again with Marsh diving athletically to take a two-handed catch at gully to remove Gill (1) and India were 7- 2.
Hazlewood, back in the squad after being dropped from the team's second Test last week, then impressed India by teasing the edge of former Kohli soldiered on to have India three down when rain started to fall and prompt an early lunch.
On the restart, skipper Pat Cummins (1-7) got his first wicket by removing Rishabh Pant caught behind to reduce India to 44-4.
Captain Rohit Sharma came out to join KL Rahul but there was only time for a superb cover finish for the latter before another shower sent players off the field.
As the wet weather leaves the third Test
Nathan Lyon removes the bails as rain stops play on the third day
The rest of the afternoon the weather seemed to clear up but just as play looked ready to start another passing rain shower would sweep across the field.
Play finally started just after 5pm local time, but only 17 more balls were bowled for three runs, before another passing shower and fading light affected the end of the day's play.
Australia now have two days of play, weather permitting, and their path to a possible victory seems to depend on bowling India out for less than 244 in the first innings and implementing the next step.
The hosts resumed on Monday at 405-7 and a big knock by Starc and Alex Carey took Australia to 445. Carey was the last wicket to fall, going out in the deep for an enterprising 70 off 88 balls – his ninth Test duplicate. century
Jasprit Bumrah added one more wicket to return figures of 6-76, after completing his 12th five-wicket haul in Tests the previous day.
India won the first Test by 295 runs in Perth, and Australia came back to win the second day-night Test in Adelaide by 10 wickets.
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