The India that dominated Australia in Perth? Or the Australia that ran over the top of the tourists in Adelaide? Who do we trust more?

Who do you trust more?

The India that dominated Australia in Perth? Or the Australia that ran over the top of the tourists in Adelaide?

At 1-1, the beauty of this series is both teams possess popgun, generational stars mixed with fading, ageing warriors clinging on.

In Rohit Sharma, Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith, there are three batters who are objectively past their prime.

You can add Virat Kohli to this list, despite his junktime ton in Perth. The quartet will be hoping to lift in Brisbane, but the cold reality is special performances for any of them are less likely by the week.

The true engine room of the series revolves around three left handed batters. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant and Travis Head can and will explode again.

They are modern day cricketers with modern day attitudes. It’s explosive and at times, frankly ridiculous. They are Bazballers in the truest sense of the definition.

Head’s man of the match was the eighth of his career, more than Adam Gilchrist, Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey.

His record against India is outstanding. He is the first cricketer in history to make tons against them in white ball, red ball and pink ball cricket.

Across the last two years, he averages 62 against India and 37 against everyone else across all formats. The fact they only bowled him four bouncers before he made his ton was a significant error, one Sharma must take some responsibility for.

“Two weeks ago we were the worst team in the world,” Labuschagne told SEN post-game.

This painted a picture into Australia’s psyche. It should come as no surprise that the Aussies felt the reaction to Perth was over the top, and that Adelaide justified this perspective.

But the Australians must be wary. History tells us the pink ball suits the hosts better than any other.

They’d be wise to not presume they are “back” just as they didn’t believe they were “gone” after the first Test.

Nevertheless, Australia simply had to win this Test and they did so in less than seven sessions.

Of course India boast the joker in the pack: Jasprit Bumrah. Five of his six deliveries in Australia's chase were sub-127kph.

Whether they were resting him or he's genuinely under an injury cloud, only Bumrah would know.

But just as Australia looks like a shell of a team unless Head scores big, India appears relatively harmless without their star quick bowling from one end.

As for the rivalry between the two teams, Labuschagne smiled when he was quizzed on the back and forth between Siraj and Head on Sunday.

“There is some nice beef there.”

Long may it continue. This series is perfectly poised to be one of the most entertaining ever. All that's left is for closer finishes which have eluded us so far.

Who do I trust more?

It's simply impossible to say after two lopsided matches.