'It was Rohit's idea' – Bumrah on the slow yorker that dismissed Marsh

One of the pacer's best deliveries of the day was a slower ball that bamboozled Shaun Marsh, trapping him LBW. When asked about the delivery later in the day, Bumrah revealed that taking the pace of the ball was Rohit Sharma's idea.

"When I was bowling there, the wicket had become really slow and the ball had become soft. Nothing much was happening," he told the presspersons.

"So, last ball before lunch, Rohit was there at mid-off and he told me 'you can try a slow ball like you bowl in one-day cricket.'

"So, I thought yeah, I could give it go. Nothing is really happening and maybe a slower ball there and some of their guys play with hard hands. So, I wanted to try that, the execution was good on the day, yeah, really happy. I tried to bowl a slower one, a fuller slow ball. Maybe it will dip or go to short cover. So that was the plan and it worked."

Bumrah returned figures of 6/33 with the ball, dictating play with his accurate and incisive deliveries. He also got the ball to reverse mid-way through the Australian innings.

“When we were bowling, the pitch was playing slow,” he said. “The bounce was up and down but mostly it was down. The ball had started reversing.

"When we play in similar conditions back home, it reverses and you try to make the most of it. So we were trying to use our experience in first-class cricket where we have bowled with ball reversing. That was the plan.”

Bumrah, who made his Test debut in January 2018, has taken to the longest format of the game like a duck to water. The pacer has dished out phenomenal performances for India in whites this year, clinching five-wicket hauls in South Africa, England and now, Australia.

“I always wanted to play Test cricket,” he admitted. “People had only seen me in white-ball cricket but I played a lot of first-class cricket earlier. So I was always confident that whenever I get a chance [to play Test cricket], I will be able to do well. I got the opportunity in South Africa and I was very happy. The start has been good. Hopefully, you keep on learning and keep improving and getting better.”

Rishabh Pant and Mayank Agarwal will take guard for India at 54/5 on the fourth morning, with the cushion of a 346-run lead behind them.