It is better not to announce anything. Let the performance show. Humbleness is strength. Only those who fear their opponents say things of this kind. Indian team definitely has the strength to stand up to the Aussies. But they also are known for inconsistency and collective failure. It showed in the tour of South Africa. I am glad to see the Indian team gaining confidence. But test matches with Pakistan are not over yet. India has to do its best and win against Pakistan in order to gain the needed confidence in Australia. They have very little time in the tour to adjust to the Australian grounds. I don't know if our pace bowlers will make a dent on the Aussie batsmen or not. Our batsmen are surely very strong. I can't tell for sure about our fast bowlers in Austalian grounds against their batsmen. Look at how they are dealing with Sri Lankan pacemen.

first my sincere apologies as once again the article has been edited in some other context. when i say victories against south africa i meant the odi victories against them in belfast not the test match win in south africa as they happened before the world cup and my writing is all about the good things happening since the world cup is over. next i want to make a point very clear that whatever the results would be the indian bowling attack is much more potent than the sri lankans. the sri lankan bowlers including the world's best off spinner are only good when the conditions suit them which more often than not is in the case of sri lanka or may be west indies but in pitches of australia which would be much more true than pitches in sri lanka indian would do much better. i know there would be movement which would be tough to handle but our last series showed how our bowlers can back the batsman once they have a good total to see.

never will india beat australia ina million times.

now thats what i call supreme confidence, i love ur confidence bro but some ppl had the same thought process last time around when india toured australia but thebtest result show hw close we were of embarrising ur favourite side.

Building too much expectations before a series is dangerous. If expectations are not met, everything fizzles out like a balloon. The approach to take on Australia is one match a time. One should never be influenced by the results of the previous game. Every game should be played with the fullest intensity like a final decider. Watch the Aussies and that is how they play their game - Get into a position of dominance and apply pressure on the opposition. Widen every crack on the wall and weaken the opposing team. That is the best approach to take on the world champs. That is what India did last time when they toured there and the results showed. Silence brings more fear in the opponent than saber rattling.

First of all India will never ever beat Australia in Australia. Your bowling attack is not that great and will face the same hammering that was shown to Sri Lankan bowlers. The one weakness Australia has is their bowling which is not that great when put under pressure and bowling out a Lankan batting side which looked well out of form except for maybe a few players is not an achievement. The prooof was there when they couldn't finish of the tail when it counted and luckily for them umpiring decision which saved them some embarrasment. This is an area that India might gain an advantage but here is the problem whatever India scores the Australian will outscore you. Dont count your chickens till they hatch otherwise your going to have egg on your face.

While I agree that our batting is healthy, what wins test matches is if one side can consistently bowl out the other side twice in a match. While the Aussie batting is not impregnable, bowling without much teeth can make it look so. SL cannot be taken as an example, Marcus. They are heavily reliant on Murali to deliver the goods. Once he is negated, the rest are not lethal. And that's what this series showed yet again.