Shaun Marsh will almost certainly live to fight another day in Australia's Test side after an assured - if not match-winning - knock against India at Adelaide Oval.

Chasing an imposing target of 323, Australia's hopes of pulling off an unlikely day-five victory faded when Marsh's 166-ball stand ended on 60 before lunch on Monday.

Shaun Marsh looks set to hold his spot for the second Test. Credit:AAP

Desperately in search of form at Test level, 35-year-old Marsh resumed on 31 and continued to bat with confidence, dispatching a short delivery from Ravichandran Ashwin through the leg side for four to reach his half century.

But the left-hander was eventually beaten by Jasprit Bumrah, feathering an edge to a supreme delivery that forced him back into his crease.