Time for some spin – Washington Sundar is coming into the attack.

Smith defends solidly.

Catching fielder at short midwicket for Smith, but Rana strays onto Smith’s feet and he clips away for a single to fine leg.

FOUR! Head has belted that one, a stunning, expansive drive from Travis Head through cover point for a boundary. Lovely shot. There is a fielder at cover point and he leaped out the way just in time…

BEATEN! That’s a good response from Rana. And then a follow up chat between the debutant and Travis Head.

Head clips away off his pads and gets a couple more.

Solid defence from Head.

Off the inside edge of Head’s bat, into his pad.

Head defends solidly now.

FOUR! That’s a great shot from Travis Head, a full-blooded drive through cover. That’s the first boundary of the innings for Australia.

Solid defence.

CLOSE! Head looks to flick a bouncer over the top of the slips but doesn’t make contact. That was a no ball.

Solid defence from Head to end the over.

Head pushes into the off side, getting a single. Quite an easy one in truth.

Two slips for Smith, a gully and a point, the ball flies off the outside edge and gets a couple past those slips.

That’s a great shot, clipping the ball off his pads out to midwicket and they run a couple. Smith looks very nice out there at the moment.

BANG! Got him! Right in the ribs.

Smith is down for the count!

“Come on Steve, there’s padding there son,” Head tells Smith as he lies, prone on the turf.

Not likely – that’s right in the ribs. Nasty.

Smith picks himself up to beat the count, and then defends the next delivery.

Solid defence to end the over.

Smith is still sucking in the big ones there.

Lovely, back-foot punch for Head, out to deep extra cover. They end up running four. This outfield is still so slow.

CLOSE! What a ball! That’s just got the inside edge before cannoning into the pads.

BIG APPEAL! SIRAJ IS OFF! He’s not even bothering appealing. He probably should turn round, where the umpire is unmoved. That was Stuart Broad-like in that appeal’s celebratory nature.

Siraj, understandably given his reaction, wants to review this.

Looks like it’s going down leg to me. Might be clipping.

Clipping it is, and it’s umpires call.

Head pushes into the covers and gets a single.

Smith leaves outside off.

Smith defends the last into the on side for no run.

He had 3-48 in the first innings off 15.2 overs.

Smith watches the first ball from the tall New Delhi man pass by outside off.

Rana tightens his line up and Smith defends.

Smith swings hard but doesn’t make contact enough to get the ball away through midwicket.

BIG APPEAL! Very leg side though and India would be wise not to pursue this further.

BEATEN! That was a beauty! Smith plays it relatively well, inside the line, but that ball swung in a bit and only missed the edge by a whisker.

Bit of inswing from Siraj, Smith is very watchful so far this morning and he defends that out to mid off. No run.

Another good ball, Siraj is getting the ball to sing and his close fielders chatter as Smith defends off the inside edge of the bat.

BEATEN! That’s a terrific ball for Siraj, a straight one outside off and Smith just plays inside the line.

Smith pulls to deep backward square leg and picks up a single.

There is a catching cover for Head, who defends solidly down in front of himself to end the over.

Three slips, a gully and a point, Smith fends to cover and takes a quick single. That’s what India’s batters did so well in their lengthy second innings, kept the strike rotating. It’s important Australia does that today.

Head now clips off his pads and takes a couple to backward square leg.

Head square drives to point, who is a bit further back for him than he is for Smith.

Head defends solidly the last couple.

Oh that’s a good ball, Siraj yells in anguish as the ball comes off the inside edge of Head’s bat and away on the leg side for no run.

Little push into the off side from Head, there is no run there either.

Head defends, looking to clip the ball into midwicket but doesn’t time it enough.

Another positive stroke from Head, who is looking to score but he can’t get the ball away at the moment.

Solid defence from Head – lovely line from Siraj, angling in towards that off stump. The first hint of variation or a crack and Head will be in trouble without making a false step.

He clips to mid on for no run to end the over – a maiden.

Smith takes a ball off the inside edge, fending away to backward square leg for a single.

Head is on strike now and fends away to midwicket for no run.

Head is struck on the pads, no real appeal though as it was going well down leg side from Bumrah.

Three slips and a gully, Head clips away for a single to fine leg.

Smith edges across and jams his bat down to a ball that keeps a touch low.

Travis Head is on strike.

This could go any which way to be honest.

He has three balls to face from Siraj.

BEATEN! That’s subterranean! Absolutely no bounce at all outside off. Given the previous ball bounced a little bit more on Khawaja, that’s a very concerning issue.

Head clips off his pads but there is no run.

Head defends solidly.

That’s horrible.

Khawaja has taken on Siraj with the pull and, with the variable bounce he gets a thick top edge.

Pant raced back and, for a moment, would have had his heart in his mouth, but makes the catch.

That was horrible though.

Khawaja goes for 4.

Australia 4-17.

Around the wicket to Khawaja, three slips in place and Khawaja leaves it alone.

Solid defence from Khawaja.

Smith’s footwork was pretty good there – in fairness.

Early days though…

BIG APPEAL! First up, Bunrah has Smith hit on the pads. Is that close? Looked like it. Might be an issue with height? Perhaps hitting outside the line? No review and it was a good option, because Bumrah has overstepped.

Smith defends the next and then leaves after that.

DRIVEN! Lovely shot from Steve Smith, off the pair and away for three runs through cover. Lovely shot, beautiful stride.

Khawaja now clips off his pads for a single to end the incomplete over from overnight.

“New Zealand beat India 3-0. After knocking them over for 150, did they just think it was going to happen again? They got complacent and dug themselves into a hole.,” Glenn McGrath says.

Fair?

Who knows.

Speaking on ABC Sport, Tom Moody has suggested there might be a hint of frustration about how the batters have been going about their business.

Josh Hazlewood didn’t answer when asked what the batters needed to do when asked in yesterday evening’s press conference.

“It sounds like a bowling unit that is very frustrated with a batting group that has been letting them down for a long time,” Moody said.

It was similar to what Mitch Starc said the night before.

“There’s a lot more support staff than there’s ever been, do they have their own meetings?” Glenn McGrath says.

“It’s just strange that the responses we’ve gotten from both quicks has been similar.”