Of all the venues in Australia, the Sydney Cricket Ground has historically been the most responsive to spin, so it is a massive surprise that India have won just one of 11 previous Tests here.

That victory, earned by Bishan Singh Bedi's side against Bobby Simpson's team 41 years back with the World Series Cricket stars missing, was fashioned by the spin triumvirate of the skipper, BS Chandrasekhar and Erapalli Prasanna.