Aussies face crisis, totter at 92/5 at tea
While Indian pacer Umesh Yadav struck early the early blow, first by picking up opener Matt Renshaw and then his partner David Warner, Bhubaneshwar Kumar claimed the prize wicket of Aussie skipper Steven Smith in between.
Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were the other bowlers to take one apiece.
All the wickets fell between lunch and tea.
Earlier, buoyed by the partnership between Ravindra Jadeja and Wriddhiman Saha, India managed to surge ahead of Australia's first innings score by rattling up 332 runs.
The Saha-Jadeja partnership added 96 runs for the seventh wicket, helping India over the deficit.
Jadeja, who stroked four sixes and four boundaries, fell for 63 runs.
Saha was taken aback by a sharp bouncer, which took his glove and a well timed catch from Australian skipper Steven Smith sent the former back to the hut.
For Australia, Nathan Lyon ended with another five-wicket haul, his ninth in Test cricket, while Pat Cummins picked up three wickets.
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