James Faulkner had warned no total was beyond reach for his side and it proved so again, with Australia chasing down a record figure at the Gabba as the second one-dayer was rocked by another DRS controversy.
As it was in Perth, the Australians weren't daunted by a target in excess of 300, completing the pursuit of India's 8-308 in the 49th over after Aaron Finch (71) and Shaun Marsh - dropped four times in his innings of 71 - compiled an opening stand of 145 to set up the seven-wicket triumph.
George Bailey continued his stellar form with an unbeaten 76 to help ensure the start wasn't wasted, with Australia now leading 2-0 in the best-of-five series. 
The previous Gabba record, set by Australia, was in   January 2014 when they hunted down England's 8-300. Darren Lehmann wants his men to go all-out in run chases and in the days of pregnant bats and short boundaries, everything seems fair game.
India could have surrendered more cheaply if it hadn't been for a let-off for the white-hot Rohit Sharma, who survived a momentous shout on 89 to go on and punish Australia with another one-day century. With no DRS in play, Joel Paris could do little but look bewildered when Sharma appeared to offer a regulation nick to Matthew Wade. Umpire Mick Martell was unmoved and the talking point for the night was set.
It would barely be an Indian match without some sort of controversy surrounding the Direct Review System, which the tourists and their board steadfastly refuse to embrace. They paid the price in Perth, letting off Bailey who would go on to make a century, but had nothing to complain about in Brisbane after Sharma fairly smashed one off the outside edge when he was on 89.
Any talk of conspiracies, as MS Dhoni had wryly suggested post-Perth, can surely be buried on the back of this evidence. Paris assumed he had his man, as did wicketkeeper Wade, but the only one unmoved was Martell.
The sound seemed audible for all parts of the ground and the Snicko reacted like it had detected an earthquake. Yet India stayed on 2-170 and Sharma would go on to punish Australia once again, contributing the lion's share of another formidable total.
His good fortune eventually evened out in the 43rd over when Ajinkya Rahane slammed a drive back past Faulkner, who threw out a hand for a sharp attempt that instead deflected onto the stumps, leaving Sharma stranded, then out, for 124 off 127 balls.
By that stage, it was 2-255 and the right-hander had continued his staggering form against Australia in limited overs cricket. His past five innings read like a batting clinic; 209, 138, 34, 171* and 124.


AUSTRALIA v INDIA
At the Gabba
INDIA
Batsman                Runs Balls
R SHARMA   run out                124   127
S DHAWAN  c Wade b Paris    6   4
V KOHLI   run out    59   67
A RAHANE   c Smith b Faulkner  89   80
MS DHONI   c Maxwell b Boland  11   10
M PANDEY   c Paris b Faulkner  6   5
R JADEJA   run out               5   5
R ASHWIN  c Boland b Hastings  1   2
Sundries  (7w )                        7
8 wickets for      308
Fall: 9 (Dhawan), 134 (Kohli), 255 (Sharma), 276 (Dhoni), 298 (Rahane), 302 (Pandey), 306 (Ashwin), 308 (Jadeja)
Bowling: J Paris 8-0-40-1 (1w), K Richardson 8-1-61-0 (1w), J Hastings 8-0-46-1 (2w), S Boland 10-0-64-1 (3w) G Maxwell 6-0-33-0, J Faulkner 10-0-64-2.
Batting time: 211 mins Overs: 50
AUSTRALIA
Batsman                 Runs Balls
A FINCH   c Rahane b Jadeja  71   81
S MARSH  c Kohli b Sharma  71   84
S SMITH  b Yadav            46   47
G BAILEY   not out               76   58
G MAXWELL not out             26   25
Sundries  (7lb, 11w, 1nb)   19
3 wickets for      309
Fall: 145 (Finch), 166 (Marsh), 244 (Smith)
Bowling: B Sran 9-1-51-0 (1nb, 1w) , I Sharma 10-0-60-1 (8w), U Yadav 10-0-74-1 (2w), R Jadeja 9-0-50-1, R Ashwin 10-0-60-0, V Kohli 1-0-7-0.
Batting time: 201 mins Overs: 49
Umpires: M Martell (AUS), R Kettleborough (ENG)
Match Referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
Third Umpire: Simon Fry (AUS)
Australia won by seven wickets
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