For the first time in their 71-year-old rivalry, India are expected to steamroll Australia in Kangarooland. The home team are bereft of genuine talent and experience in the batting department and India's wily pace attack along with spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja will be licking their lips in anticipation. Kuldeep Yadav could be in the mix as well.

However, stranger things have happened in cricket and who knows, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will not be claimed as easily as the pundits reckon. Former Australia off-spinner Ashley Mallett knows a thing or two about underdogs surprising formidable opponents.