Mitchell Starc struck with his first delivery to equal a Test record then continued to make a mockery of his early reservations about the pink ball.
The Australian paceman trapped Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal leg before wicket with the opening delivery of the second Test at Adelaide Oval on Friday.
The left-armer has now taken a wicket with the first ball of a Test three times, equalling the landmark of West Indian Pedro Collins.
Remarkably, Collins dismissed Bangladesh batsman Hannan Sarkar on each occasion, in a 2002 Test and twice in 2004.
Starc then extended his unrivalled Test performances with the pink ball, claiming 6-48 - his fourth five-wicket haul in an innings in day-nighters and 15th in his Test career.
The left-armer has more wickets than any other bowler in day-night Tests, with 72 at an average of 17.81, contrasting his career average of 27.53. Teammate Nathan Lyon is next-best with 43 victims.
Starc's imposing status comes despite his initial criticism of the pink ball when it was trialled in a Sheffield Shield game in 2015, two years before the first day-night Test.
In comments which have since hounded the fast bowler, he said he was "yet to be convinced" about the merits of the pink ball.
Much has changed since, in the manufacturing improvements to Kookaburra's pink balls and in Starc's mind.
"As a bowler, I think you never feel that far away or that far out of the game," Starc said after his career landmark.
His initial wicket was akin to the last time he claimed a victim with the first ball of Test.
He trapped left-hander Jaiswal lbw with a full, swinging delivery - similar to when he bowled England left-hander Rory Burns at the Gabba in December 2021.
"It's always a nice way to start," Starc said.
But his tactics rarely vary, no matter what colour ball is in his hand.
"Nothing changes too much," he said.
"I'm still running in, trying to attack stumps, trying to swing it. Some days it works, some days it doesn't."
Starc also achieved the first-ball feat in August 2016 against Sri Lanka in Galle when he dismissed yet another left-hander, Dimuth Karunaratne, for a golden duck.
On that occasion, Starc's fullish swinging ball was clipped by the Sri Lankan to Joe Burns at square leg who completed the catch.
