Head offers sole resistance in the fragile Aus lineup

It was only a matter of time, so Australian fans didn't even bother making the trip to the Optus Stadium on Day 4 of the first Test on Monday.

- Ashish Magotra

Pat Cummins and his team were in a tight spot that would take some getting out of, and India were clearly not in a mood to be very generous.

As it turned out, the home team fans who decided to stay away were right. India finished things off in quick time, recording their third biggest Test win in an away game. The 295-run victory ranks only behind the 318-run win over West Indies at North Sound in 2019 and the 304-run triumph over Sri Lanka at Galle in 2017.

But neither of those matches required the kind of comeback that the team staged in Perth. So dominant were India after being dismissed for 150 in the first innings that it might be easy to forget that they were under the pump at one point.