Led by their battery of pace bowlers, Australia hit back in the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Adelaide last week with a thumping ten-wicket win over India to square the series at one game apiece.
It's been a series of two halves so far, with India dominating the series opener in Perth before the Aussies roared back into contention in impressive fashion in the day-night Test.
Brisbane and Australia's favourite fortress, the Gabba, is the next port of call in the series and it promises to be another enthralling five days in Queensland.
- AUSTRALIA TO WIN THIRD TEST
- TRAVIS HEAD PLAYER OF THE MATCH
- JASPRIT BUMRAH TOP INDIA FIRST-INNINGS WICKET-TAKER
Aussies Can Keep Foot On The Throttle
Australia's cricketers, especially their batters, came in for some scathing criticism in the Aussie media following their first Test subsidence in Perth.
So it was to their credit that they came out fighting in Adelaide, with their superb bowling unit laying the foundations for a thumping ten-wicket win.
Mitchell Starc got the ball rolling by trapping Yashasvi Jaiswal lbw with the first ball of the match, the first of six first-innings wickets for the left-armer, before captain Pat Cummins weighed in with a five-fer of his own in India's second dig.
Australia dismissed the tourists for 175 and 180 in Adelaide and India were also all out for 150 in the first innings of the series in Perth, hinting that, bar their second innings in the first Test, Australia's bowlers have had their measure.
Travis Head returned to form with a match-winning century last week and India could be in trouble if some of Australia's other batters, such as Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith, can get their act together in Brisbane.
India are one of only two sides to win at the Gabba since 1990 but, roared on by a baying home crowd, the Aussies have otherwise dominated at the Queensland venue, winning 26 of 34 Tests at the Gabba in the last 34 years.
AUSTRALIA TO WIN THIRD TEST
Travis Could Be Head And Shoulders Above The Rest
Head's return to form in Adelaide was a real boost for Australia.
In typically brisk fashion, he hit a match-winning 140 in the first innings and he has enjoyed some success at the Gabba previously.
Head put England to the sword in Brisbane three years ago, flaying the English attack to all parts in a better-than-run-a-ball 152 which set the tone for another fruitless trip to Australia for Joe Root's tourists.
The 30-year-old also has two fifties at the Gabba and averages over 50 in five Tests at the venue despite being dismissed for three ducks.
India know only too well Head's capabilities - he scored centuries against them in the 2023 World Test Championship final at The Oval and in last year's World Cup final - and he could play another starring role this week.
TRAVIS HEAD PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Bumrah Holds The Key For India
Jasprit Bumrah has shown why he is regarded as the best fast bowler in the world at present in the two matches to date.
He was unplayable at times in the first Test at Perth, claiming eight wickets in the match, while he was undoubtedly India's biggest threat with the ball in Adelaide, where he took four first-innings wickets.
India's hopes of retaking the series lead perhaps lie with Bumrah more than any other player and he is a worthy favourite to take most wickets in Australia's first innings.
JASPRIT BUMRAH TOP INDIA FIRST-INNINGS WICKET-TAKER
