Australia will resume on 6-354 when day two of the first Test starts at Adelaide Oval on Wednesday, with Michael Clarke clinging to hope he can return to the crease.
Centurion David Warner and Clarke shared an emotional 118-run stand against India on Tuesday, however it ended when the captain retired hurt in the 44th over.
Clarke was sent for scans and received injections in his lower back.
“The medical staff will see how he pulls up tomorrow morning,” a Cricket Australia spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Clarke’s chronic back injury flared up when he watched an unthreatening delivery from Ishant Sharma sail down the leg side.
It was an innocuous incident, but the pain was immediately obvious.
The side’s doctor Peter Brukner and physio Alex Kountouris rushed to treat Clarke, with the 33-year-old stretching his troublesome back before trudging off the field.
Warner dominated day one, scoring 145 to honour the memory of close friend Phillip Hughes.
“This is probably going to be the best of my career,” Warner said.
“Hopefully I can score some more but I think that’s going to stick with me for the rest of my life.
“I just had a gut feeling my little mate was down with me the other end the whole time from ball one.”
India struck thrice with the second new ball, removing Mitch Marsh, nightwatchman Nathan Lyon and Brad Haddin in the final five overs of day one.
“Early on they probably bowled too short,” Warner said of India’s pacemen.
“You saw with the second new ball, when they pitched it up and got the players driving they got the knicks and the dismissals.
“Early on (they were) a bit scratchy, but they finished off very well and I think they won the last session there.”