Australia will need to defy history to chase down the total and survive the wiles of Ravichandran Ashwin on a fifth day pitch.
Another tough choice India need to make is in the wicket-keeping department.
Factbox on the third Test between Australia and South Africa, which begins on Friday.
Record first win since 'sandpaper gate'
Factbox on the second Test between Australia and South Africa, which begins on Thursday.
Australia opener Usman Khawaja has vented his frustration after the team lost 10 World Test Championship (WTC) points for slow over-rates.
Australia reviewing DRS process after Headingley howler
Australia defeated West Indies by a massive 177 runs to win the second Test match in Melbourne and claim the series 2-0.
Shamar Joseph took 7 wickets to lead the Windies to a big win
England reclaimed the Ashes urn after hammering Australia by an innings and ... runs when the tourists were bowled out for ... on Day 3 of the fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Saturday.
The wait finally ended for Cheteshwar Pujara as he had his first batting stint in Australia during India's net session in Sydney on Thursday.
After R Ashwin led India's fightback with a six-wicket haul, India skipper Rohit Sharma at Shubman Gill took India to 36/0 at the end of Day 2 in Ahmedabad.
Agar is the latest Australian to return home midway into the tour, with the visitors having lost the first two Tests of the four-match series.
Factbox on the third Test match between Australia and India, which starts on Friday.
'...you will have to be really wary of different threats that he poses and make sure that you have very good skill sets to counter (him) and be on top of him.'
Green, who made his Test debut against India in Adelaide last December, picked up his first wicket by removing Ollie Pope on a disappointing opening day for England, before dismissing the dangerous Joe Root for 89 in the second innings.
Australian middle-order batsman, Usman Khawaja received an Ashes berth, and, opener Phillip Hughes was also lucky to retain his spot in the squad, after a poor performance in India.
Images from Day 1 of the third Test played between India and Australia at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Wednesday
Australia spinner Nathan Lyon fought hard to cement his place in the Test team and now hopes to convince selectors of his white ball prowess in time for the World Twenty20 in India.
Former South African tweaker Johan Botha believes Pakistan refugee spinner Fawad Ahmed is the missing link in Australia's plot to regain the Ashes and No.1 Test ranking.
Australia captain Pat Cummins admitted his team had endured an uncomfortable time before winning the second Ashes Test against England at Lord's.
Portuguese-born all-rounder Moises Henriques has been handed a Test debut ahead of Glenn Maxwell for the first of the four-match series, starting in Chennai on Friday.
Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar will join Australia's squad for the fourth and final Test against India in Sydney, captain Steven Smith said on Tuesday.
West Indies were bowled out for 283 in their first innings but Australia opted not to enforce the follow-on after smashing a massive 598 in their own first innings.
Pat Cummins would tell anyone who cares to listen that his unit doesn't carry the baggage of victories and defeats of his predecessors.
The legendary Muttiah Muralitharan only sees Ravichandran Ashwin achieving the 700-800 Test wicket mark among the current crop of spinners and feels Nathan Lyon, who is set to play his 100th Test in Brisbane, 'may be not good enough to reach that far'.
Allan Border opened up on the team's selection and said Australia overthought during the first Test in Nagpur.
Pakistan showcased resilience with Rizwan contributing a powerful 88 runs
Sydneysider Warner went into the current series with question marks over his form due to a lack of test runs, but a rapidfire 164 in the first innings of the opening test in Perth erased any doubts over his position in the team.
Images from Day 4 of the third Test Ashes Test in Leeds on Sunday.
Steve Smith and Travis Head join top-ranked Marnus Labuschagne following their centuries in the ICC World Test Championship Final against India.
Apart from Kohli, four other Indians who were picked in the ICC's Test and ODI Teams of the Year.
Xavier Doherty hardly troubled the Indian batsmen but Australian coach Mickey Arthur defended left-arm spinner's inclusion in the side, saying he was the best choice keeping in mind the way hosts handle off-spinners.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed a record 224 against Australia in the first Test in Chennai on Monday to surpass Sachin Tendulkar's record of highest individual Test score by an Indian captain.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's record of highest individual Test score by an Indian captain en route his majestic 224 against Australia in the first cricket Test.
India No 3 batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, who ground it out on Day 1, scoring 43 off 160 balls, believes that the match is evenly poised after India ended the day at 233 for 6 but conceded that skipper Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane's dismissals in the final hour of the opening day will provide a 'little bit of advantage' to the hosts.
Michael Clarke struck a sublime century to become his country's highest Test run-scorer in a calendar year as Australia marched to an imperious 278-run lead at the close of day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday.
Faf du Plessis scored an inspirational century on debut as South Africa completed a morale-boosting draw in the second Test on the fifth and final day of against Australia on Monday.
Photos from the 4th Ashes Test played in Chester-le-Street, County Durham on Friday.
India's premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has revealed that he felt like he was being "thrown under the bus" after a remark by former head coach Ravi Shastri left him crushed during a torrid phase in his career when he contemplated retirement multiple times.
