New Zealand showed more intent on keeping the scoreboard ticking with Kyle Jamieson (21) and Tim Southee (30) throwing their bats around for useful runs.
Shami (18-8-31-2) found the ideal fuller 'English length' right away while Ishant Sharma (20-9-27-2), coming for his second spell, was also penetrative.
"Our fast bowling unit is a great package where everyone works really hard while also understanding the other counterparts really well," said the pacer
The five net bowlers, who were in Chennai will also join the team in Ahmedabad. They are Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Warrier, Krishnappa Gowtham and Saurabh Kumar.
Playing his first Test, Natarajan picked up two wickets in an impressive spell. Former Indian bowler Zaheer Khan heaped praises on the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowler. It was a very good first day for him, picking two wickets.
Siraj got the wicket of Cameron Green in both the innings while he had Marnus Labuschagne (in first innings) and Travis Head and Nathan Lyon (in second innings)
Australia now have a 39-run lead after India declared their innings at 247 for 9 in the first hour of the second day, with skipper Ajinkya Rahane remaining unbeaten on 117.
It was a lesson to any young paces to watch these two bowlers bowl those lethal yorkers in the Super Overs. Indian Fielding coach R Sridhar was all excited with the performances of Bumrah and Shami.