Australia have produced an emphatic turnaround at the Adelaide Oval, securing a thumping 10-wicket win in the second Test against India that levels the Border-Gavaskar series.

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 the batters.

From the first ball, when Mitchell Starc bowled Yashasvi Jaiswal, Australia completely dominated to extend their perfect record in pink-ball Tests at Adelaide Oval to 8-0.

Starc set the tone on day one with career-best figures of 6/48, as India, whose captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first, 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 when they batted, but hometown hero Travis Head delivered a century for the ages, smashing a game-changing 140 in Australia's first-innings of 337.

Starting Sunday on 128/5 and still requiring 29 runs just to make Australia bat again, India's 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 to Starc — who finished with eight wickets for the Test — on the last ball of the first over of the day.

The game-changing keeper had looked dangerous batting late on day two, pulling off some typically audacious shots that flew to the boundary.

Veteran Ravi Ashwin, who has six Test centuries, fell to Australia captain Pat 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 finished with 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 Head.

Head says he's disappointed with Siraj — and himself — for how the situation escalated. Siraj has hit back at Head's claims he said "well bowled", calling the middle-order dasher a "liar" during an interview with India's Star Sports.

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, topscoring 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 is 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.

Both teams will enjoy an extra two days off, before preparing for the third Test at the Gabba, starting Saturday.

It will be India's first Test in Brisbane since they ended Australia's 33-year unbeaten streak in the city, securing a 2-1 series win in the process.