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11.56am local/6.26am IST: Ponting's not surprised...

...by Josh Hazlewood's incredible fielding efforts. Here's what he said on Channel Seven:

"I'm actually not surprised. I spent the two weeks with the Aussie boys coming from the IPL in quarantine in Sydney and ran a few fielding drills. Big Josh hit the stumps more than anybody else from that mid-on, mid-off position. The most impressive thing with that bit of fielding, he was actually getting himself set, you can see he was getting set. He knew if he made that run-out he had to pick the ball up on the half-volley to be in a position to release it basically as soon as it gets into his hands. It's a brilliant piece of preparation before the throw. It hit half way up middle stump as well. It didn't just glance the stumps, middle stump flush."

11.49am local/6.19am IST: Chris Rogers on Steven Smith

Here's more from Gnasher: Everyone will now be talking about that Josh Hazlewood run out, or at least they should be, but I've just been listening to some interesting stuff from Chris Rogers on SEN Radio about Steve Smith and his mindset and finding motivation.

"Sometimes the best players, you think they are kind of bullet proof, they have enough self-belief that they wouldn't care what other people think but actually the inspiration they get is trying to prove people wrong," Rogers said. "It's as though they work with this chip on their shoulder and they are consistently trying to prove people wrong. And if you think back to where Steve Smith came from, he was a guy who first got picked as a legspinner, and the amount of energy he has had to put in to turn himself into one of the world's best batsmen is incredible and says something about him. There's this unbelievable desire…to show people that he's one of the best batsmen in the world, if not the best batsman." Rogers then recalled a story from the 2013-14 Ashes where Smith had struggled in the first two Test and there were murmurings about his place. He and Rogers went to a hotel in Perth to catch up with some mutual friends… "He got really emotional and really vulnerable, admitted how hard he was coping with it. He was very upset. I saw a pretty vulnerable young kid. They aren't bullet proof, these guys. It's interesting what inspires him. If you look back at the first two Tests where he didn't quite perform it even seem to us, even in the last Test, that he was a bit flat, didn't have the same kind of spark. Clearly he's recognised that and he's almost 'how do I create this story that the world is against me'. It's a bit of that Jose Mourinho idea. I don't remember people saying he was out of form. It is really interesting, the best in the world, whatever sport you play, whatever you do for work, a lot of the times it's those little things that inspire you and that's what keeps driving you."

11.02am local/5.32am IST: What's on Paine's mind?

Here's Andrew McGlashan on the first hour of play and a little observation at the end of that DRS sequence:

It's been an interesting first hour to the day. Pat Cummins has made the key breakthrough in another outstanding spell to back up his work from yesterday and there has been plenty of action when Nathan Lyon is in action. Shortly after Ajinkya Rahane's wicket there was a review for a catch at short leg against Cheteshwar Pujara - reviewed by the Australians - which was turned down. Matthew Wade obstructed the view of the leg-side Hot Spot and there was no evidence Pujara had hit the ball from any other angles. At the end of the process there was clear frustration from Paine when he spoke to umpire Paul Wilson, appearing to suggest he believed there was a spike on Snicko, although the protocols appeared to have been followed correctly. Perhaps a hangover from Paine's decision when he was batting in Melbourne? It's already been an interesting match for DRS with yesterday's appeal against Rahane when he padded up to Lyon and Wilson appeared to have a change of heart as to whether a shot had been played.

10.28am local/4.58am IST: More of the same...and then a wicket

India ended their day making nine off the last ten overs yesterday, and it's generally acceptable to attribute such a scoring rate to the caution of batsmen trying to bat to stumps. In this case though, it was mostly a reminder of how good this Australian bowling attack is - and that the pitch is showing glimpses of being up and down. And there's more of exactly that in the opening half hour today. They've come with containment plans, with catchers in the leg side and a short-pitched strategy, and some balls kicking up the batsmen. Apart from one half-volley that Ajinkya Rahane has put away, Australia have given nothing away. Only 11 off the first seven overs of the day.

India's batsmen did cop some criticism for their scoring rate last evening, but Ajinkya Rahane's wicket - chopping Cummins on, a short one dipping in and getting big off the pitch - was just proof that looking to play attacking shots is just not a straightforward proposition.

9.55am local/4.25am IST: Welcome back!

Even well past the halfway stage of this series, these teams continue to set us up for the best days. A day of ten wickets yesterday, but also a day of 238 runs - figures that show that the quality of bowling has sustained. By the end of the day, Australia used the wickets of India's openers to their advantage and completely shut off scoring options for Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, who have been greeted by probably the brightest and warmest morning of the Test this morning. It's also the flattest pitch of any in the series so far. One might even argue that it's the kind of surface Pujara feasts on. It's the one thing India haven't had yet this series, a feast for their No. 3 man. He'll be well up for this opportunity today and that is challenge number one for Australia's bowlers.