Gilchrist, who will fill-in for rested captain Ricky Ponting, said there was no magical formula for handling what was rapidly becoming the world's most formidable batting line-up.

"It's been an issue all year, they've played so well," he said ahead of the triangular VB Series match at the Western Australian Cricket Association Ground.

"I'm not going to say we've come out with a secret plan that we're certain is going to do the job.

"But we've continued to assess it and got our thoughts together about what way we want to try and execute our plans this time and we'll see how it comes out."

Gilchrist said India's tour of Australia had also unveiled the strength of its previously underrated bowling attack.

"What they've done on this tour is prove that they've got some quality bowlers," he said.

"(Anil) Kumble has come into his own on this tour where previously he hasn't done well overseas or certainly in Australia.

"(Ashish) Nehra, (Irfan) Pathan ... Ajit (Agarkar) have bowled wonderfully well all tour.

"Their bowling line-up has certainly proven that they've got a bit more fight than what's been shown before. They have been successful against everyone."

India have included fit-again batting maestros Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag in their squad, which already boasts the talents of VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh.

Gilchrist said there was no easy way to counter such a potent line-up but trial and error had taught the Australians they needed to be consistent.

"It's about the execution, not so much the end result whether Laxman gets another hundred or Dravid keeps getting runs or Tendulkar or any number of those guys," he said.

"We've been a bit patchy in our execution. Sometimes we've been good, sometimes we haven't been so good.

"They're such good players of high quality that they capitalise on those times that you're not doing it well."

Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly said but his team was brimming with confidence gained on the tour.

"There are two very good sides competing. One side really has to play poorly for it to be a one-sided affair," he said.

Ganguly said India was focussed on winning the best of three finals series which starts next month following Sunday's game and a final match against Zimbabwe in Perth on Tuesday.

"We will try and win it. We will try and play our best cricket every game is an international game and you play to win," he said.

"I've always believed it is a difficult place in the world for the number two team."

Matches between the two teams had been very even, he said.

"When you play a side like Australia the game is not won in the 60th or 70th over, it's won in the 90th or 91st over," Ganguly said.

"That's what it's been. Two very good sides competing."

He said the tour had been long and tiring but the Indians had been boosted by their success and now believed they would be an impossible team to beat at home.

SQUADS

INDIA: Saurav Ganguly (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Rohan Gavaskar, Parthiv Patel, Ajit Agarkar, Irfan Pathan, Sanjay Bangar, Murali Kartik, Lakshmipathy Balaji.

AUSTRALIA: Adam Gilchrist (captain), Matthew Hayden, Damien Martyn, Michael Clarke, Simon Katich, Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Andy Bichel, Brett Lee, Brad Hogg, Ian Harvey, Jason Gillespie, Brad Williams.