Australia's back-to-back losses have thrown the ODI tri-series open and a revitalised India would look to corner the struggling and injury-hit hosts when the two sides clash in the critical second phase of the league in Brisbane on Sunday.

Pleasantly surprised to see themselves atop the table at the halfway stage, India are aware the arduous climb would only begin in earnest from now on.

Sri Lanka scrambled the stakes with a damning defeat of Australia in Sydney the likes of which the hosts have rarely suffered and might just be peaking at the right time in the tournament. Little separates the three teams and all could change in a matter of two games. The Gabba double-header thus assumes enormous significance for Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men.

Image: Indian team celebrates after a fall of a wicket