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Australian Josh Hazlewood, right, receives the ball from teammate Pat Cummins after Hazlewood took five wickets against India in Adelaide on Saturday.
Australia have clinched an eight wicket victory at the Adelaide Oval, where Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood produced spells for ages to skittle an India shocked by their lowest test total in history.
Tim Paine’s team secured a 1-0 lead in the series before the dinner break on day three of the Pink Ball Test, with a goal of 90.
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The scoreboard shows India’s wreckage near the end of their second inning against Australia.
The tourists were out by 36 in their second inning after Mohammed Shami retired injured, after being hit on his exposed right arm by a Cummins ball.
Opening pair Joe Burns (51 not eliminated) and Matthew Wade (33) shared a 70-run position, as Australia only needed 21 overs to complete an incredible comeback.
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Shami was rushed to undergo scans and the pacemaker injury is one of the concerns of India, whose captain Virat Kohli will soon be flying for the birth of her first child.
The visitors resumed Saturday at 1-9, leading by 62 runs.
Cummins (4-21) and Hazlewood (5-8) created utter chaos in the next 90 minutes, during which neither batter reached double figures.
“We arrived today and we just collapsed, completely … it’s very difficult to find words for how everyone is feeling,” Kohli said.
“Literally an hour, you put yourself in a position where it is impossible to win.
“It really hurts.”
Nathan Lyon would be forgiven for flashbacks to the unforgettable test collapses he was a part of in Cape Town (2011) and Trent Bridge (2015), where Australia was left with 47 and 60 respectively.
The shoe was on the other foot for the supporting player in Adelaide, where he never seemed to have a single more in the second inning as Cummins and Hazlewood celebrated career-defining moments and big milestones.
“It shows the talent we have with the ball,” Paine said.
“When you’re as tall and fast as your boys and they do well like that, it can be a real nightmare.
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Mayank Agarwal’s nine and Hanuma Vihari’s eight helped India pass 26, which is still the lowest test score in 150 years of test cricket.
But India couldn’t get anywhere near 42, which had been the nation’s lowest score of nearly 550 tests.
Not a single batter reached double figures.
Cummins ignited a barely credible 5-4 collapse on Saturday, putting Australia on the bench to take a 1-0 series lead.
Virat Kohli became Cummins’ fourth victim during the carnage, while the fast-paced man also made Cheteshwar Pujara go out for a duck.
Hazlewood, who clinically cleaned the tail, was on a hat-trick after eliminating Wriddhiman Saha and Ravichandran Ashwin.
“Everything went according to plan,” Hazlewood told Fox Sports.
“The way Patty started out was amazing. The two great grounds [Pujara and Kohli] it set the tone and I just did the same. “
