Australia "shut a few people up" in Pune, but spearhead Mitchell Starc knows the job is far from done after a breakthrough Test win in India.
Steve Smith's side have already exceeded expectations in their four-Test series against India, steamrolling the hosts by 333 runs in the first Test.
It was Australia's first Test win in India since 2004.
But the visitors have far grander ambitions, wanting to not only retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy but record just their second Test series win in India since 1969.
It would be a shock outcome given pundits and past players in both Australia and India gave them little hope of even being competitive. Former India captain Sourav Ganguly and serial antagonist Harbhajan Singh both predicted India would thump the visitors 4-0.
"We've come here as a group believing we can win and I think everyone has written us off and expected India to win," spearhead Mitchell Starc said ahead of the second Test, which starts in Bangalore on Saturday.
"So to shut a few people up and really show that this young team is here to play and we've adapted really well in our lead-up, it's been great for the group.
"The last series a couple of us were here for didn't go down that well, so to get that Test win has been great for the group.
"But it's one Test win, it's not a series win yet."
India surrendered in both innings during the first Test, scoring a total of 212 runs in the match. It was the nation's lowest total in a home Test ever.
Starc enjoyed the way the top-ranked Test side crumbled, but doubted whether it would be so easy in any of the remaining three Tests.
"It's probably not all too often that they collapse like that, so we're really happy that happened," he said.
"But one Test is not going to win us a series.
"We've got a great chance in Bangalore to go 2-0 up and make sure we retain that trophy first and foremost, but also take big steps in this series to go on and try to win.
"We need to keep improving."
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