At stumps on the fourth day at Adelaide Oval, Australia were 290 for five with Steven Smith and Brad Haddin batting on 52 and 14 respectively.
Australian opener David Warner extended his purple patch with the bat as he cracked his second century of the Adelaide test match on Day 4. Australia gained an overall lead of 363 runs on Friday after close of play.
The home side finished at 290 for five with Steve Smith and Brad Haddin batting on 52 and 14 respectively. The hosts may declare the innings early on Day 5 leaving India with the task of batting out the fifth day to save the match
In the morning session, spinner Nathan Lyon took his sixth five-wicket haul in Test cricket, as India were bowled out for 444 in their first innings, after resuming at 369 for five. Warner followed up his first innings hundred with another ton, giving Australia command of proceedings. Warner made 102 off 166 balls which included 11 fours and a six.
Match Update: India all out for 444, Australia lead by 73
Warner, who crossed the 1000-run landmark in the calendar year before lunch, consolidated Australia's position by adding 102 runs for the second wicket with Shane Watson (33), who was bowled by Mohammed Shami.The big-hitter also provided some spice to the day's proceedings when he got involved in an altercation with Varun Aaron, as the batsman was called back by the umpire after being bowled off a no-ball by the Indian pacer.
Ugly spat on Day 4: David Warner, Varun Aaron in war of words over no-ball dismissal
Tempers flared up as Aaron, Warner, Shane Watson and Shikhar Dhawan got involved in an ugly spat, and the umpires had to step in to resolve the situation. Even as Warner left the incident behind to score his 11th Test hunderd, skipper Michael Clarke, who had battled back pain to score a century in the first innings, did not last long as he was caught behind by wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha off Varun Aaron.
India got their big wicket when Warner was bowled trying to reverse sweep debutant leg-spinner Karn Sharma. The big scalp though did not peg Australia back as the hosts continued to score quick runs with first-innings centurion Smith and Mitchell Marsh (40) dominating the Indian attack.
Marsh smashed four boundaries and three sixes during his entertaining innings which lasted 26 balls, while Smith struck five fours in his unbeaten knock.
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