Michael Clarke suffered a fresh hamstring injury as India threatened to pull off a remarkable victory in the first Test, progressing to 2-205 at tea on day five.

Clarke declared before the start of play at Adelaide Oval on Saturday, setting India the difficult task of chasing 364 runs at 3.7 an over.

The highest winning fourth-innings Test total at the venue is Australia’s 6-315 in 1902, but India are not without hope of setting a new mark.

Opener Murali Vijay (85no) and stand-in skipper Virat Kohli (82no) have put on an unbeaten partnership worth 148 runs.

The hosts failed to claim a single wicket in Saturday’s middle session, when Clarke tweaked his right hamstring attempting to field a ball.

Clarke overcame a left hamstring injury to play the first Test, while his chronic back injury flared up on day one.

The 33-year-old limped off the field, with Cricket Australia awaiting the results of scans.

Mitchell Johnson sent down a fiery short spell at the start and end of the second session, creating a tough chance when Vijay was on 85.

Vijay belted the ball near Mitch Marsh at short cover, the allrounder instinctively flinging one hand out but unable to hold onto the leather.

Nathan Lyon, who toiled throughout 21 overs, had a handful of confident lbw shouts turned down by umpire Marais Erasmus.

The most remarkable came when Vijay was on 24 and offered no shot to a sharp-turning ball, with replays confirming the not-out decision would have been overturned if sent upstairs.

The Decision Review System (DRS) debate was reignited in the first session.

Johnson delivered the initial breakthrough in the fifth over, umpire Ian Gould incorrectly judging Shikhar Dhawan to be caught behind.

The bouncer clipped Dhawan’s arm, not his glove, with the left-hander lingering at the crease and staring at Gould in disbelief.

It is exactly the type of howler that led to the development of DRS six years ago.

However, India mistrust DRS and it will not be used in the ongoing four-Test series.

The ledger was squared in the 16th over.

“That’s as out as you’re going to get,” Mark Taylor said of Lyon’s full-hearted lbw appeal.

Lyon flighted the ball and attacked the rough created by Ishant Sharma’s footmarks, with his reward coming in the 20th over.

Cheteshwar Pujara played for spin that wasn’t there, feathering an edge to keeper Brad Haddin.