The temperature soared past the 35-degree Centigrade mark here yesterday, but that didn't prevent Pat Cummins from giving his all on the second day of the third Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The strapping Australian seamer, Tim Paine's battering ram, sent down 34 exceptionally hostile overs in India's first-innings 443 for seven declared, troubling every batsman by getting the ball to climb sharply even on a slow surface. He was rewarded with the sticks on Wednesday of G Hanuma Vihari and debutant Mayank Agarwal, and rounded off a personally rewarding outing by getting centurion Cheteshwar Pujara with a ball that stayed down on Day Two.