Saturday's one-day game in Bangalore will not only decide the Australia-India series, it also presents George Bailey and Virat Kohli with another chance to shatter more batting records.
While the seven-match series may has put another nail in the coffin of the one-day bowler, it has provided some of the most incredible batting performances in history.
And nobody has exemplified the ridiculous feats more than Bailey and Kohli.
Having already amassed 474 runs from five innings, Bailey's first ODI series as captain has been staggeringly good.
His relentless runscoring has all but booked him a spot in Michael Clarke's team for the Ashes-opening Test at the Gabba starting November 21.
It is the best by a batsman in a bilateral series - and more than 100 clear of the next best Australian effort, Andrew Symonds' 365 in India in 2007.
What's more remarkable is he still has the deciding game in Bangalore on Saturday to add to his total.
His 156 on Wednesday was the ninth highest individual score by an Australian and comfortably surpassed Bailey's previous best effort.
He's produced a truly special series with the bat, but his efforts have been equalled in devastating fashion by Kohli.
The 24-year-old has blasted two match-winning centuries to rack up countless records of his own.
His 52-ball century in Jaipur was the fastest by an Indian, and the fastest against Australia.
His equally ruthless 115no in Nagpur was his 17th century in 112 games, a mark he reached 58 games faster than Sourav Ganguly.
In both games, Kohli spearheaded an incredible run chase - helping India secure the second- and third-greatest ODI chases of 360 and 351 respectively.
Both Kohli and Bailey passed 1000 ODI runs for the calendar year on Wednesday, the first two players to do so.
It has unquestionably been an Indian summer for batsmen, with the pitches seemingly getting flatter and less helpful to bowlers.
"Unfortunately there hasn't even been life in the first ten overs," Australian paceman Clint McKay tells AAP.
"From my end it always looks pretty flat.
"We knew it was going to be tough coming to India.
"Smaller grounds for one, but more importantly the wickets..."
McKay isn't the only one to feel slighted - the monstrous runscoring has led to bowlers from both side's lamenting the unforgiving pitches.
India skipper MS Dhoni has even jokingly suggested the future is using bowling machines or playing with nine batsman and two bowlers.
While Bailey simply sees the past month as a chance to cash in while the conditions are firmly in his favour.
"(India have) good swing bowlers, good seam bowlers - the same as us" he said.
"It's just a matter of getting on a wicket where they'll get a little bit of help.
"They're all good bowlers. There's just nothing helping them - conditions or rules."
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