Debutant left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav's four wickets helped India skittle out Australia for 300 in their first innings on the opening day of the fourth and final cricket Test here on Saturday.

India batted for an over and are still to open their scoring with both the openers Lokesh Rahul and Murali Vijay intact.

Electing to bat after winning the toss at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium here, skipper Steve Smith (111) and David Warner (56) set the tone for a massive Australian total, before chinaman Kuldeep triggered a batting collapse to bring India back into the game, with figures of 4/68.

Pacer Umesh Yadav complimented the rookie spinner well to pick 2/69 while Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin took a wicket apiece.

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End of over 80 Australia 271/8

Matthew Wade Out

End of over 73 Australia 245/7

Patt Cummins Out

End of over 60 Australia 208/6

Steven Smith (Capitan) Out

End of over 49 Australia 178/5

Glenn Maxwell Out

End of over 45 Australia 169/4

Peter Handscomb Out

End of over 38 Australia 153/3

Shaun Marsh Out

End of over 35 Australia 147/2

David Warner Out

End of over 2 Australia 10/1

Matt Renshaw Out

Teams:

India: Lokesh Rahul, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Karun Nair, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha , Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav.

Australia: David Warner, Matt Renshaw, Steven Smith (C), Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade, Patt Cummins, Steven O'Keefe, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.