"This is a great achievement, especially after losing so many players. It will be right up there along with the World Cup, Champions Trophy and the 6-1 win against England. The youngsters rose to the occasion and it's a great sign for Australian cricket with the World Cup just a year away," said Australian skipper Ricky Ponting after sealing the seven-match series against India in Guwahati. (Getty Images)

"There's nothing to complain about. He (Sehwag) is known to be an aggressor... he plays like that. But experienced players are expected to play according to the conditions. The ball did a bit early and the first half hour was crucial. If we had negotiated that, we could have set the target we had in mind," said Indian skipper MS Dhoni. (Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images)

"Shane Watson has been bowling well in the death overs. Harbhajan and Praveen tried to take the game away but we managed our resources well. We bowled according to our plan on this wicket and our bowlers read the wicket well," said Australian skipper Ricky Ponting after their 24-run win in Mohali. (Getty Images)

"We should have achieved the target and for that we had to bat 50 overs. But we failed as a batting unit. It was a fantastic One-day wicket," lamented Indian captain MS Dhoni after their defeat in Mohali. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)

Zaheer is a big loss, but they have other bowlers, especially spinners, who know these conditions well and can exploit them. Ishant (Sharma) was quite a handful last year and we are not taking any of them lightly, said Michael Hussey. (Getty Images)

Even if you have a couple of bad games, a seven-match series gives you ample chance to come back, asserted Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images)

India will face Australia in the first match of the seven-match One-day series on October 25 and already the series has started to draw a fair bit of attention. Hosts India and Australia have enjoyed number of intense rivalries on-field in recent times but their off-field emotions add spice to the tale. The war of words has begun... (Getty Images)

Australian all-rounder Cameron White said it will not be easy to beat India in the One-day series. "The Indians will be very hard to beat on their home soil. I think it will be a good, hard and exciting series between the two countries," White said. "The Indians will get the support of thousands," he added. (Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images)

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting conceded that despite their ICC Champions Trophy debacle, Dhoni's men would be hard to beat in home conditions. "They will be particularly hard to beat in India, they always are. They definitely play a lot better at home than they do when they travel," Ponting said. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)

Ricky Ponting has warned upcoming left-arm spinner Jon Holland that he can expect some thrashing when comes up against India during the One-day series. "Everyone believes he's got a good future. It's great to have a young cricketer around the group, especially a young spinner making a tour of India. You can't help but learn when you get over there (India) and bowl in those conditions and bowl to better players like Jon will be doing," Ponting said. (Getty Images)

Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who always had the edge against the Aussies, said the tourists have always been a very tough opposition. They have regrouped well after the retirements of their big guns. Also, since they lost the Test series last year in India, they will be hungry for win. (Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images)

Zaheer Khan is hungry to have a go at the Australians. "They talk so much about the opposition. It is time they look at their own side rather than comment about others," Zaheer said. (Ian Kington/AFP/Getty Images)