Pat Cummins believes Australia returned to their best at the Adelaide Oval in securing a thumping 10-wicket win in the second Test that levels the Border-Gavaskar series against India.
Requiring just 19 to win, openers Usman Khawaja (9no) and Nathan McSweeney (10no) completed the tiny run chase before the end of the first session on day three.
Annihilated by 295 runs in the series-opener in Perth, Australia travelled to South Australia under extreme external pressure, particularly batters such as Marnus Labuschagne.
But since the first ball on Friday when Mitchell Starc bowled Yashasvi Jaiswal, Australia completely dominated to extend their perfect record in pink ball Tests at Adelaide Oval to 8-0.
The result lifted Australia back to the top of the World Test Championship table, after India had leapfrogged them by winning the first match.
"This week we were back to our best," Cummins said.
"That's the team that I remember and how we want to play our cricket, so really satisfying.
"I think being one down, no doubt there's a little bit more on it trying to level up the series."
Starc set the tone on day one with a career-best 6-48 as India, whose captain Rohit Sharma won the toss, were bowled out for 180 in two sessions.
As he did at Optus Stadium, India's fast bowling weapon Jasprit Bumrah created problems for Australia.
But hometown hero Travis Head delivered a century for the ages, smashing a game-changing 140 in Australia's first-innings 337.
Starting Sunday on 5-128 and still requiring 29 runs just to make Australia bat again, the tourists' hopes of pulling off a miracle win went up in smoke almost immediately.
Rishabh Pant, the hero of India's famous win at the Gabba in 2021, fell on the last ball of the first over to Starc, who took his best match figures against India of 8-108.
The game-changing Pant had looked dangerous batting late on Saturday night, pulling off some typically audacious shots that flew to the boundary.
Veteran Ravi Ashwin, who has six Test centuries, fell to Cummins (5-57) for just seven.
After taking 2-41 in the first innings, Cummins finished with the 13th five-wicket haul of his Test career.
The star quick could have had six wickets, but keeper Alex Carey dropped the first ball Adelaide Oval villain Mohammed Siraj faced.
Siraj became public enemy No.1 after engaging in a heated send-off on dismissing Travis Head following the hometown hero's brilliant 140 in Australia's 337 on Saturday.
Head said he was disappointed with Siraj, and himself, for how the situation escalated.
Siraj hit back at Head's claims he had said "well bowled", calling the middle-order dasher a "liar" in an interview with India's Star Sports on Sunday.
Head took the catch that dismissed Siraj, and ended India's innings, from the bowling of Scott Boland (3-51).
Emerging allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy (42) continued the impressive start to his Test career, top-scoring for India for the second time in this Test.
After just two Tests, the 21-year-old is averaging 54.33 with the bat.
Such was Australia's dominance with the pink ball on a pace-friendly wicket, star spinner Nathan Lyon was required to bowl just one over for the match.
India captain Rohit Sharma, who missed the first Test after taking parental leave, admitted Australia outplayed his side.
"There's definitely a way for us to get back into the game, and we need to find that within ourselves," he said.
"There are a lot of individuals in that dressing room who have played a lot of cricket, won a lot of games, have come back from difficult situations in the past.
"We hope that everyone stands up to that challenge and takes the team through whenever it's required."
Both teams will enjoy an extra two days off before preparing for the third Test from Saturday at the Gabba, where India ended Australia's 33-year unbeaten streak at the ground in securing a 2-1 series win on their last tour here.
