Australia have demolished India for 36, their lowest Test score ever, according to Australia's cricket-news website—cricket.com.au.
Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins were the chief destroyers, picking up 5-8 and 4-21 respectively as India went from 1-9 overnight to 36 all out in just 15.2 overs, the cricket-news website reports.
India's epic collapse is their lowest score in Tests, lower than the previous record of 42 against England at Lord's in 1974, according to the report.
"Everything went to plan today," Hazlewood was quoted as telling Fox Cricket. "The way Patty started was unbelievable getting the two big wickets and I just followed suit."
It is also the seventh lowest score in the history of Test cricket and just the second time ever no batter scored double figures, the cricket-news website—cricket.com.au— reports.
Having cleaned up Prithvi Shaw on Friday night, Cummins continued the carnage on Saturday afternoon in his first over by removing nightwatchman Jasprit Bumrah caught and bowled, according to the report.
Four overs later India had not added a single run when Cummins bowled a brilliant delivery that straightened down the line of off stump to get the edge of Cheteshwar Pujara for an eight-ball duck, the report points out.
Hazlewood was introduced into the attack the following over and struck immediately, finding the edge of opener Mayank Agarwal through to Tim Paine, who took another catch just four balls later when Ajinkya Rahane nicked off to the right-armer, it says.
Five-for-15 became six-for-19 when Cummins got the big wicket of Virat Kohli, caught in the gully by Cameron Green who juggled the catch but held on his debut Test. Kohli was Cummins' 150th Test wicket in just his 31st Test, according to the report.
All that happened inside the first hour left everybody stunned, the report points out.
"I thought if we could try and get them out today for around 200 and have a bit of a bat we'd stay in the game but for that to happen in the first hour, that just doesn't happen," Cummins was quoted as telling Channel 7.
Hazlewood took his fourth wicket when wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha spooned a catch to Marnus Labuschagne at mid-wicket, and next ball had Ravichandran Ashwin caught behind for his 200th Test wicket in his 52nd Test match, the cricket news website—cricket.com.au— reports.
He completed his five-wicket haul in his next over as Hanuma Vihari edged through to Paine for the Australian gloveman's fifth catch, according to the report.
Hazlewood's five wickets came in 25 balls for the cost of just three runs, it says.
"At once stage (Hazlewood) was quoted as saying to Starcy at mid-off, 'I'm going to try and keep my wickets above my runs here'," Cummins was quoted as saying.
"He was cheeky there towards the end but I'm so happy for him. He's a class act."
Hunting a bag of wickets of his own, Cummins collected Mohammed Shami on the forearm with a vicious bouncer that forced the tailender to retire hurt, the report adds.
That is what, according to the report, left Australia needing just 90 runs to win and take a 1-0 series lead in the four-Test series.
