Australia skipper Steve Smith on Saturday said that India were 'clueless' against Australia's lower-order batsmen who helped them post a huge 530 in their first innings, on the second day of the third test at Melbourne.

"It felt pretty good at the crease and things are working well for me. It is nice and I think the most pleasing thing about it is that we got 530 runs on the board. I think that's a very good first innings total for us," said Smith after scoring a career-best 192.

The hosts started their day at 259/5 and Smith was involved in a 110-run stand for the 6th wicket with Haddin (55) and then a 106-run partnership with Ryan Harris (77). He also added 48 runs for the 9th wicket with Nathan Lyon as the hapless Indian bowling were searching for answers.