Seven years after India reduced Shaun Marsh's confidence to rubble, the veteran has emerged as Australia's form batsman.
Few Australian cricketers conjure such strong feelings - the vast majority of them negative - from local fans as Marsh.
There were calls for the veteran's 34-Test career to end after lean picking in the recent series against Pakistan.
Marsh was publicly put on notice by coach Justin Langer but jumped off the canvas in style, producing an ODI century and some impressive Sheffield Shield scores.
No member of Australia's top six has scored more runs in the past month than Marsh, highlighting his importance to an XI missing suspended trio Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.
The four-Test series against India, beginning on Thursday in Adelaide, provides the 35-year-old a golden chance to erase memories of the career low that was his first Test series at home.
Australia thumped the tourists 4-0 in 2011/12 but Marsh's contribution was almost non-existent.
The left-hander, returning from a back injury, recorded three ducks while he averaged 2.83 across six innings against India.
Mike Hussey was among Marsh's teammates in that Test squad who found it tough to watch the shattered batsman's unsuccessful quest for form.
"By the end he was probably relieved that it was all over and he could just sort of get out of the limelight and get away from the stress and pressure of it all," Hussey told AAP.
"Everyone in the team was just hoping he could get a score, get his confidence back up and keep his place in the team.
"Everyone was trying to help him, say the right things and be positive but unfortunately he just had one of those series. Sometimes it happens."
That nightmare series stalled Marsh's progress but the notoriously nervous starter repaid the faith of selectors last summer, trailing only Steve Smith on the Ashes run-scoring charts.
The highlight was man-of-the-match honours at Adelaide Oval.
"He now has a much better understanding of his game, what he needs to do to be successful," Hussey said.
"He knows these conditions so well and that Ashes will give him a lot of confidence."
Mitch Marsh, who on Wednesday was dropped from the Test side for the series opener against India, is proud of how his older brother "keeps coming back" despite numerous knockers, backing him to continue "proving a few people wrong".
