Spinners R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja produced amesmerising spell as India crushed a clueless Australia by an innings and 135runs in less than three and half days to win the second cricket Test and takean unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series here today.
Ashwin grabbed five for 63 while Ravindra Jadeja took threefor 33 as Australia displayed surprising lack of fighting spirit to be skittledout for a meagre 131 in 67 overs in their second innings.
The match lasted only two hours on the fourth day as it wasan abject surrender by the Australian batsmen who had no answer to thequestions posed by Ashwin and Jadeja on a turning track at the Rajiv GandhiInternational stadium.
The visitors needed 192 runs to avoid an innings defeat butthey lost the final eight wickets in 35 overs with an addition of only 57 runsto their overnight total.
When Ashwin dismissed Pattinson to get the final wickets,the 10,000-odd spectators erupted in joy but the celebration from the Indian campwas a muted one as they only engaged in handshakes.
Cheteshwar Pujara was deservingly awarded theman-of-the-match award for his double hundred.
The teams now have an eight-day break before the third Testin Mohali but the way this series has panned out, there is unlikely to be anychange of script in the third Test where the hosts would be aiming to wrap upthe series.
It's a well-documented fact that Australians can't play spinbowling which was endorsed by Pujara but what was sad to see was their inabilityto even put up a fight.
Such was the domination of the Indian spinners thatAustralia lost their last three wickets for an addition of only one run in 10overs.
The last Test played over here against New Zealand alsoended inside four days but it was more to do with majority of the second day'splay being washed out.
With this win, Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the mostsuccessful Indian captain, eclipsing Sourav Ganguly's record of 21 Test wins.
The technique and ability of the Aussies to counter theIndian spinners was nothing better when compared to the Kiwi batsmen.
The day started with Ishant Sharma removing Shane Watson inthe third over.
The lanky pacer had bowled a lot of better deliveries in theseries but never got close to getting a wicket. When he finally did get one, itwas off a poor delivery.
The ball was drifting down leg-side and Watson, trying to glanceit down fine leg, only managed to give Mahendra Singh Dhoni a catch.
The imposing all-rounder managed only 9 and his form wouldbe a massive headache for the Aussies as he is in the team only as a batsman.
Australian captain Michael Clarke, who shoulders the bulk ofscoring responsibility due to the team's brittle line-up, announced his arrivalat the crease with a six off Ravindra Jadeja.
He came down the track to lift the left-arm spinner overlong-off. However, Jadeja had the last laugh when he bowled a beauty to get ridof the rival skipper.
He tossed the ball up on the leg-middle line and Clarketried to play a forward defensive stroke but it turned a shade away to knockthe off-stump back.
Clarke made 16 and with his departure, any chance of agritty fight looked over as the skipper has been Australia's best player ofspin bowling.
Boosted by the prized scalp of Clarke, Jadeja was spittingfire and it was a matter of time before he disposed off the challenge of EdCowan (44).
The left-handed opener had faced 150 deliveries but neverlooked like getting settled. Jadeja bowled a faster one and Cowan rocked on thebackfoot trying to play the square-cut.