Australia produced one of the great bowling performances of all time to skittle India for just 36 and win the Test by eight wickets.

India came into the day’s play having lost just one wicket, and a lead of 62. Ninety minutes later they were all out for their lowest-ever Test score and joint-sixth lowest in Test history. It left Australia with just 90 to win.

Josh Hazelwood was the destroyer-in-chief, finishing with unbelievable figures of 5-8. Pat Cummins got 4-21.

Hazelwood went to 200 Test wickets en route to his five-for, while Cummins got to the 150 mark. In the process, he became the equal-third quickest Australian to reach the milestone in terms of innings bowled (59), level with Dennis Lillee and Stuart MacGill, and behind only leg-spin greats Clarrie Grimmett (49) and Shane Warne (55).

It was truly a masterclass of fast bowling. Six of the 10 wickets were catches behind the wicket (five to wicketkeeper Tim Paine), as India just failed to negotiate the length and movement the duo were consistently able to hit and generate.

The day started terribly for the tourists when nightwatchman Jasprit Bumrah chipped one back to Cummins. That left India on 2-15. They’d proceed to lose three more wickets without adding a run, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mayank Agarwal and Ajinkya Rahane all succumbing.

It was the wicket of skipper Virat Kohli, who will miss the next Test, that effectively ended it as a contest, debutant Cameron Greene grabbing a brilliant catch at gully. That meant it was the first time in Test history not a single player in the top six has reached double figures in an innings.

It fell apart completely thereafter, ending with Mohammed Shami being forced to retire hurt after being pinned by a Hazelwood bouncer, a fitting end to a painful experience for India.

Openers Joe Burns and Matthew Wade made light work of the early portion of the chase and, despite losing two wickets, Australia’s victory remained comprehensive.

This was India’s innings ball by ball: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 0 0 0 0 W 0 0 0 W 0 0 0 4 W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 W W 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 W 0 1 0 4 0 0 .

A sorry state of affairs. There are six days to the next Test. How India recover from this type of defeat remains to be seen, but Australia have struck a massive mental blow.