India captain Virat Kohli comes in peace.
Kohli vows he's a changed cricketer and won't be picking fights in Australia.
While the India skipper says he doesn't fully understand post ball-tampering Australia's 'elite honesty' slogan, he's coming to play nice.
"If they (Australia) want to play a certain way, we will reciprocate," Kohli told a pre-departure media conference in India.
"That is how the game of cricket goes. But at the same time, in our own minds we have to keep it competitive.
"We were always the ones giving it back, we were never the ones starting anything.
"So long as it doesn't start, we have no problem just focusing on our game and doing what we need to do."
Kohli has been public enemy No.1 on previous tours of Australia but insists, at age 30, he's mellowed.
"When it comes to getting engaged in an argument on the field, or in a fight as people want to call it excitedly, I have been completely OK playing without an altercation," he said.
"I am very happy within my own space.
"On a personal level, I don't find the need to go and find these things anymore.
"I have enough belief in my ability, I can play without a reason to pump myself up.
"Those were very immature things that I used to feed on in my early days of my career, so that I can get pumped.
"Now, being captain of the team, you literally have no room for anything else but to think of what the team wants all the time.
"So you don't find the need for these things at all."
Since losing 2-0 on the 2014/15 tour of Australia, India have lost just two of 14 Test series, though four were one-off matches.
The losses came this year - South Africa 2-1 and England 4-1 - and the Indians are yet to win a Test series in Australia.
"We have spoken as a team after England and everyone is keen to correct those mistakes," Kohli said.
"Our focus will be how the batsmen perform on this tour because the bowlers are in a great space ... we feel we can pick up 20 wickets in every game."
Kohli, who has toured Australia three times, scoring five centuries in eight Tests and averaging 62, doesn't want his teammates relying on his run scoring.
"Individuals should take more responsibility," he said.
"Show more character in tough situations and find a solution rather than thinking the solution will appear from somewhere.
"We need to get more consistent as a team."
Australian Associated Press