Australia is firmly in control of the ICC World Test Championship match against India, holding a lead of 318 runs with India five wickets down in their first innings.
The Australians were bowled out for 469 in their first innings, with Travis Head (163) and Steve Smith (121) putting on a record 285 for the fourth wicket - the highest ever fourth wicket stand in a Test at The Oval.
Facing a daunting total, India were reduced to 4-71 after Rohit Sharma (15), Shubman Gill (13), Cheteshwar Pujara (14) and Virat Kohli (14) all fell cheaply.
A 71-run stand between Ravindra Jadeja (48) and Ajinkya Rahane (29 not out) helped steady India until Nathan Lyon (1-4) came on to dismiss his fellow spinner during a vital two-over spell just before the close and leave India with serious work to do to salvage anything from the game.
"We are in a really good position," Boland told ABC Sport after the day's play..
"At the start of the day we'd have definitely taken it."
Australia had started the day with two milestones in gorgeous conditions in the British summer.
Smith wasted no time in reaching his 31st Test century and third in four matches at The Oval in the first over upon the resumption, while Head followed soon after by passing 150.
The Aussies looked set to establish a huge lead at that stage before Head gloved a short ball down the leg side to Bharat.
Cameron Green came and went for just 6, but the hammer blow to Australia's chances of batting big came when Smith played on to the first ball of Shardul Thakur's spell for 121.
That left Australia 6-287, but minor contributions from Mitch Starc (5) and Pat Cummins (9) helped Alex Carey advance to 48 before he was adjudged LBW attempting to sweep Ravindra Jadeja in an eerie flashback of Australia's second-Test shocker in Delhi.
However, this time Australia were in the box seat and emphasised that fact when Pat Cummins trapped Sharma LBW for 15 to put the brakes on a bright India start.
Nothing did that more though than the introduction of Scott Boland after just two Mitch Starc overs.
Boland bowled two maidens in a row, the second of which featured a shocking lack of judgement from Shubman Gill to leave a ball that swung in and bowled him middle and off offering no strokes for 13.
"[That was] My first experience with a red ball here and felt it came out OK personally," Boland told ABC Sport.
"Hopefully we can get into it tomorrow and knock them over.
"Nothing changes in my gameplan. I am trying to land the ball in a small box and not go away too far from that."
Pujara then followed suit by failing to play a shot to a Green delivery that slammed into off stump to see him dismissed for 14.
Kohli looked solid and assured until he was struck on the thumb by a rising Starc delivery and was caught brilliantly by Smith at second slip.
Rahane and Jadeja's half-century partnership settled India, despite being worried by some variable bounce on a rapidly drying and hardening pitch.
But Cummins produced another piece of inspired captaincy by introducing Nathan Lyon for two overs, where his drift and turn extracted the edge of Jadeja, who stood, disbelieving in his crease after edging behind on 48 with just 15 minute's of play left in the day.
Rahane suffered two blows, to his head and elbow, in that final quarter hour as India hung on, but Australia will enter day three full of optimism of establishing a big first innings lead.
Look back on how all the action unfolded on day two in our live blog.