Scorecard
Ashwin bowled a carrom ball on middle and leg that spun away a bit. Maxwell stayed in his crease and looked to clip but missed and got rapped on the back pad.
Aussies lost their sixth wicket when Matthew Wade pushed a R Ashwin delivery to the covers and set off for a risky single, Jadeja ran in from cover, fumbled a bit but recovered well and speared in a rocket like throw which knocked down the stumps at the striker's end to run out Henriques.
Jadeja took his second wicket when he pushed a delivery a bit quicker outside off that spun back in a little. Cowan went back and looked to cut but was late on to it and got an outside edge as the ball hit Dhoni's pads and lobbed to first slip where Sehwag accepted a dolly.
Jadeja bowled Clarke with a brilliant delivery that was pitched on the full on middle, Clarke lunged forward for a defensive shot but the ball spun away viciously beating the Aussie captain by the turn and uprooted the off-stump.
Ishant Sharma struck in the third over of the fourth day as he had Shane Watson caught behind by MS Dhoni.
Ishant bowled a swinging delivery down the leg side, Watson flicked it and Dhoni dived to his left to pouch it. This is Ishant's first wicket in this series.
The day's play started with Ed Cowan and Watson resuming Australia's second innings.
Australia tried their level best to hang in there on Day 3, but the Indian spinners kept coming at them with probing flight and turn. When some loose deliveries came by, they went after them and perished.
David Warner was bowled round his legs while playing the sweep off R Ashwin who struck again when Phil Hughes' intended sweep came off the glove and disturbed the furniture.
With footmarks on the pitch becoming more prominent, Ashwin's double strike complemented Cheteshwar Pujara's fabulous double century. His record second-wicket partnership with opener Murali Vijay (167) fetched India a lead of 266 runs.
Vijay and Pujara made merry against the Australian attack that lacked sting and bite. In realising 370 runs for the second wicket, an Indian record, they put in the shade Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar's unbroken stand of 344 against the West Indies in Kolkata in 1978-79.
The second session was a glaring contrast with India losing seven wickets in 31.1 overs for a further 103 runs. Sachin Tendulkar feathered a touch down the leg side off Pattinson and umpire Marias Erasmus went upstairs to confirm if the catch was cleanly taken by Matthew Wade.
MS Dhoni's dash was cut short when Doherty took the catch on second attempt at mid-off off his spin twin Maxwell, who profited from the Indian batsmen's quest for quick runs.
Resource:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournament/australia-in-india-2013/top-stories/Ind-vs-Aus-Spinners-put-India-on-top-against-Australia-on-Day-4/articleshow/18806790.cms
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