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HOT OR NOT: Steve Smith remains a burgeoning talent with the bat while Saido Berahino has forgotten that he was protected during drugs ban

It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's IAN LADYMAN reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold.

HOT

STEVE SMITH

His team may have lost a typically bad-tempered Border-Gavaskar Series but Smith remains a burgeoning talent with the bat. The Australian captain's trio of hundreds in India means he is only the second skipper to achieve such a feat there in a single series. The other was England's Alastair Cook.

Australia captain Steve Smith shone in India despite their 2-1 Test series defeat there
Australia captain Steve Smith shone in India despite their 2-1 Test series defeat there

SUPER LEAGUE

Finally it looks as though the RFL have got the balance of their competition right and this season looks set up to be the most open for years.