At the stroke of Lunch, India managed to put 167/6 on the board, trailing by 278 runs, with Jadeja and Nitish unbeaten with scores of 41(77) and 7(20), respectively.
Australia have been dealt a massive blow after Hazlewood left the field of the third test Border Gavaskar Trophy Test after reporting "calf awareness" in the warm-up.
In a rain-curtailed session, Australian skipper Pat Cummins increased India's woes with Rishabh Pant's dismissal during the third day of the third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test on Monday.
Australia's pace blitz left Indian batters exposed in a session which was utterly dominated by the hosts with rain constantly making its presence felt at irregular intervals on Day 3 of the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Monday.
With an inspirational spell in Brisbane, India's star speedster Jasprit Bumrah added another feather to his cap by claiming his 50th Test wicket in Australia.
In a painfully disappointing day for India, Steve Smith scored a return-to-form century while Head also sent the visitors on a leather hunt during the day two of the third Test at Brisbane on Sunday.
Travis Head and Steven Smith exuded control and confidence to put Australia in the driver's seat on Day 2 of the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India on Sunday.
India's ace speedster Jasprit Bumrah continued to cause headaches to Australian batters as Steven Smith and Travis Head led the resistance on Day 2 of the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Brisbane on Sunday.
The rain is set to disturb both the teams, India and Australia as the weather forecast is not pleasing for the remaing four days of the Test match at Brisbane.
Relentless rain in Brisbane forced the opening day of the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) between India and Australia to be called off on Saturday.