Master niggler David Warner has promised to do everything in his power to ensure India don't fall quiet in the field during the Boxing Day Test.
Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and Ishant Sharma have all copped fines for their chirpy conduct in the four-Test series, as did Warner for his role in a heated exchange at Adelaide Oval.
India great Sunil Gavaskar has urged the tourists to abandon their verbal spats, believing they've been counter-productive because the Australians are more experienced in that department.
But pugnacious Australian opener Warner won't stop trying to get a rise out of the likes of Dhawan and Kohli.
"If it requires a little bit of banter to get the other person talking, that's what is going to happen," said Warner on Wednesday amid preparations for the third Test at the MCG.
"Some players, they don't say anything at all, but then when they do, you know you've gotten into them and they're actually listening to you.
"You know you're in their head.
"I like to go at them, to try and get them to bite back at me when I go out there and bat. At the moment it's working."
The 28-year-old admitted the language barrier made it a bit harder to bait India compared to some other Test sides.
"It's quite tough with nations that speak different languages," Warner said.
"The aim for us it's not really sledging, it's more banter."
Dhawan and Warner had an animated exchanged as the two sides left the field for lunch on day four of the second Test.
Warner described it as "all friendly banter" between the two teammates at IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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