Quotes about the upcoming Border Gavaskar series

"You have to give credit to them. They batted very positively. They wanted to take the game forward, which is a very good sign" - Ravichandran Ashwin on Australia's dominant performance in the Border-Gavaskar trophy

"I just kept telling myself to bat through the first session so that I can come out in second session and score more runs" - KL Rahul after his century on Day 3 of the Sydney test

"There was no swing or sideways movement at all, so it was quite challenging for the Indian bowlers. It's going to be challenging for us to take 10 wickets as well. We have to dry runs up when we bowl" - Australian opener David Warner

"There is a lot of work need to be done on that. We are working on that to be more consistent and disciplined. Every kind of wicket you bowl on is different. You got to adjust to the wicket to be able to do that" - India bowling coach B Arun

"He's quite an emotional character and likes to get involved in a lot of decisions. I'm looking forward to this week again with India with another captain and hopefully we can close out the series well" - Steve Smith on India captain Virat Kohli

"It's going to be tough but I've got to try and hold back the emotions and do what I do for the team and try and score runs" - David Warner on his emotional return to the SCG

"At the end of the day we also play cricket the aggressive way. Though I personally feel that whatever happens in the field should stay on the field. It shouldn't be brought off the field" - David Warner

"I don't think India had an answer for us. I'm glad that our tail can come out and do that and be really aggressive against the opposition" - Steve Smith.

"Sometimes you don't get wickets or give away runs even when you bowl well. The focus today was on line and length, and I am glad that today we did that"  - Mohammad Shami

"At the moment the Indians are doing it themselves. Among their group, they're doing a lot of whingeing and complaining among themselves. They're doing it all for us. Hopefully that can hinder them this week" - Steve Smith

"That's Test match cricket. There are enough emotions out there in the middle. We just have to keep patient and keep working hard and not worry about what the umpire says" - Nathan Lyon

"I'm pretty happy with how we have played. We have shortcomings but I'm happy how the bowlers have shaped up.But they are a talented side and they have self-belief"- MS Dhoni

"You need to be appreciative that the team needs someone else more than you. I try and learn from it and if I become a better cricketer learning from it, then it is good" - Ravichandran Ashwin

"I honestly think Michael (Clarke) will be back after this hamstring surgery. He was obviously being honest in his assessment of what he'd done and what his body's been through and is going through again" - Australia pacer Ryan Harris

"It's been a pretty whirlwind 18 months for me personally and for the team and for this to come up so quickly, it's an amazing thrill, something that I guess I have always dreamt of doing" -  Steve Smith on earning test captaincy.

"I'm really proud of the way the boys played. We went for it. That is what I am happy about" - India skipper Virat Kohli, post the Adelaide defeat.

"I'm obviously disappointed.But I'll make sure I'm here supporting the boys and do whatever I can from the sidelines" - Michael Clarke speaks post his injury on Day 5.

"Looks like Aaron's email or whats-app message has reached the captain and finally the skipper knows that Aaron is on the field" - Harsha Bhogle on Virat Kohli's decision to bring in Varun Aaron on Day 4.

"We discussed yesterday that we needed to fight back in the match. We talked about what they have scored on this pitch and the kind of wicket this is. We discussed that given the batting line up we have we can surely achieve this.Overall we have a very good, young batting line up and it was about proving ourselves. We did that and we are in good position to achieve our targets" - Cheteshwar Pujara.

"The strength and courage Clarke has showed to us, that is unbelievable. He must be mentally drained" - Steve Smith lauds Michael Clarke's courageous century on Day 2.

"We are here as a cricket unit to play good cricket, both in batting and bowling departments. We back each other all the times. The batsmen are very confident that they will make up for the bowlers" - India's fielding coach, R Sridhar.

"It is probably the best knock of my career. Hopefully, I can score some more hundreds later on but this is definitely going to stick with me for the rest of my life. Throughout the innings I had this gut feeling that my little mate (Hughes) was with me at the other end, all the time from ball one" - David Warner after his century on Day One of the Adelaide Test.

"It's really special. His family, I think that would make them very proud.I'm very proud to be able to wear that number through this Test. We've named him as the 13th man as well. It's all very special" - Australia's Mitchell Johnson on Phil Hughes.

"The intent is going to be aggressive and that's something that I play my cricket with and that's certainly something I'm going to try and use in my captaincy as well" - Virat Kohli on his aggressive brand of cricket.

"We've played our best cricket when we are aggressive.That's ever since I've been involved in the Australian cricket team. We are aggressive with bat and ball, especially with the ball as we were during the last Ashes series." - Australia's Shane Watson.

Australia and India form one of the biggest rivalries in modern cricket. This rivalry has matched — and even bettered — Ashes over the last few years. 

--John Harnden, CEO of the ICC World Cup 2015