An emotional David Warner scored hundreds in both innings of the Adelaide Test of the 2014/15 series as Australia beat India in a tightly-contested game. Morne de Klerk / Getty Images
Former Australia captain Bob Simpson, left, pictured in a 2005 photo with former India captain Rahul Dravid, played a pivotal role in the five-match Test series at home against India in 1977/78 - but particularly in the first match at Brisbane. Hamish Blair / Getty Images
Then India captain, left-arm spinner Bishan Singh Bedi, was in brilliant form on Australia soil in the 1977/78 series. He was involved in many a tussle with Bob Simpson, his opposite number, especially in Perth. Dennis Oulds Getty Images
Runs off Mohinder Amarnath's bat proved crucial as India made a comeback in the 1977/78 series at Melbourne. Adrian Murrell / Allsport UK
India leg-spinner Bhagwat Chandrasekhar bowled with guile in the Sydney Test as the tourists levelled the 1977/78 series there. James Jackson / Getty Images
Graham Yallop scored a match-winning and series-clinching hundred for Australia in the fifth and final Test at Adelaide in 1977/78. Adrian Murrell / Allsport
Sunil Gavaskar, seen in action at an earlier date in Bombay, played a superb knock in Melbourne against the same opposition - Australia - in the 1980/81 series. It won his team the game but not the series. Adrian Murrell / Allsport UK
Fast bowler Craig McDermott was instrumental in Australia beating India in what was a topsy-turvy game at Adelaide in the 1991/92 series. It was another missed opportunity for the tourists to win a run chase down under. Shaun Botterill / Allsport UK
Then India vice-captain Rahul Dravid scored a double hundred followed by an unbeaten fifty to help his team secure a win in Adelaide and a rare series lead in the 2003/04 series. Hamish Blair / Getty Images
Then Australia captain Steve Waugh scored 80 runs in the last innings of his illustrious Test career to deny India their first series win in 2003/04. Nick Laham / Getty Images
All-round effort from Irfan Pathan helped India beat Australia in, of all places, Perth after trailing the 2007/08 series 2-0. Robert Cianflone / Getty Images
An emotional David Warner scored hundreds in both innings of the Adelaide Test of the 2014/15 series as Australia beat India in a tightly-contested game. Morne de Klerk / Getty Images
Former Australia captain Bob Simpson, left, pictured in a 2005 photo with former India captain Rahul Dravid, played a pivotal role in the five-match Test series at home against India in 1977/78 - but particularly in the first match at Brisbane. Hamish Blair / Getty Images
Then India captain, left-arm spinner Bishan Singh Bedi, was in brilliant form on Australia soil in the 1977/78 series. He was involved in many a tussle with Bob Simpson, his opposite number, especially in Perth. Dennis Oulds Getty Images
Runs off Mohinder Amarnath's bat proved crucial as India made a comeback in the 1977/78 series at Melbourne. Adrian Murrell / Allsport UK
India leg-spinner Bhagwat Chandrasekhar bowled with guile in the Sydney Test as the tourists levelled the 1977/78 series there. James Jackson / Getty Images
Graham Yallop scored a match-winning and series-clinching hundred for Australia in the fifth and final Test at Adelaide in 1977/78. Adrian Murrell / Allsport
Sunil Gavaskar, seen in action at an earlier date in Bombay, played a superb knock in Melbourne against the same opposition - Australia - in the 1980/81 series. It won his team the game but not the series. Adrian Murrell / Allsport UK
Fast bowler Craig McDermott was instrumental in Australia beating India in what was a topsy-turvy game at Adelaide in the 1991/92 series. It was another missed opportunity for the tourists to win a run chase down under. Shaun Botterill / Allsport UK
Then India vice-captain Rahul Dravid scored a double hundred followed by an unbeaten fifty to help his team secure a win in Adelaide and a rare series lead in the 2003/04 series. Hamish Blair / Getty Images
Then Australia captain Steve Waugh scored 80 runs in the last innings of his illustrious Test career to deny India their first series win in 2003/04. Nick Laham / Getty Images
All-round effort from Irfan Pathan helped India beat Australia in, of all places, Perth after trailing the 2007/08 series 2-0. Robert Cianflone / Getty Images
An emotional David Warner scored hundreds in both innings of the Adelaide Test of the 2014/15 series as Australia beat India in a tightly-contested game. Morne de Klerk / Getty Images
Australia v India 2018/19: Memorable Tests over past 70 years
Ahead of India's first Test against Australia, starting in Adelaide on Thursday, Chitrabhanu Kadalayil recaps 11 of the best matches between these two sides down under