Starc (5/53) wreaked havoc as Australia bundled out the Rohit Sharma-led side for 117 in 26 overs after inviting them to bat first.
Marnus Labuschagne (22) and Travis Head (45) were at the crease when umpires called for lunch with Australia still trailing by 18 runs.
Australia will travel to England for the Ashes in June with a question mark on whether the 36-year-old left-handed batter will be part of the squad or not.
Chasing a meagre target of 118 after Mitchell Starc's 5/53 had destroyed India's batting, the tourists completed the task in just 11 overs.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami squared things for India in the second hour as Australia lost the initiative after an impressive start to go into lunch at 75 for two on the opening day of the fourth Test.
The embattled Team India, which had set Australia a meagre 76 target, got a glimmer of hope when Ashwin dismissed Usman Khawaja off the second ball in the third morning.
India's spot in the WTC final against Australia was locked before the post-lunch session when Sri Lanka lost the Christchurch Test to New Zealand by two wickets.
Australia beat India by nine wickets in the third Test to qualify for World Test Championship final to be held in June.
As a valuable batter who has bailed India out from tough situations, both at home and away, Jadeja's stocks have been on a constant rise in Test cricket.
Australia are currently trailing the Rohit Sharma-led hosts 2-0 in the four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
India have already secured the Border-Gavaskar trophy and they will now be playing for a record-extending 16th straight series win at home and a guaranteed...
With David Warner back home due to an elbow fracture, Head will open alongside Usman Khawaja in Indore. The southpaw was dropped for the first Test in Nagpur.
Australia lost nine wickets for 52 runs in their second innings to squander the slight advantage they had at the start of day three.
Cummins has been leading the Australian Test team since November 2021 and took over as ODI skipper late last year. He is also a front-runner to lead the T20...
With his attacking 39 not out, Head, opening the innings for the first time in the absence of injured David Warner, surprised the hosts and took Australia to...
A morning that started with Ashwin's demolition of Australia's top order ended with Jadeja adding six to more to his tally to restrict the visitors to 113.
On an interesting second day, Ashwin (37) and Axar (74) added 114 runs for the eighth wicket after India had slumped to 139/7, with Lyon taking his 22nd...
Thanks to Axar's invaluable 74 off 115 balls and Ashwin's 37 off 71 balls, India, who were in complete mess at 139/7, recovered well to end their first innings...
Head has been in sublime form since the 2021/22 Ashes series, where he was adjudged Player of the Series after Australia won the five-Test series 4-0.
The match will be one of Indian cricket's understated warrior Cheteshwar Pujara's 100th Test, a feat achieved after 13 years of sweat and toil.
Kuhnemann, 26, will be joining the touring party in place of leg-spinner Swepson who will make a pre-planned return home for the birth of his first child.
Australia's aspiration to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy suffered a big blow after the visitors lost the Nagpur Test by an innings and 132 runs inside three...
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has dropped a hint to his country's selectors that they revisit David Warner's place in the playing XI if he continues...
Former cricketer Ian Healy feels the Aussies have not made the 'right selection' as far as the playing eleven is concerned indicating he wasn't happy with...
Former Australian stars Matthew Hayden and Steve Waugh have been left shell-shocked by the axing of Travis Head for the first Test against India, with the...
