India team director Ravi Shastri believes a par score in one-day cricket could eventually be as many as 340 in good batting conditions, and Australia's David Warner has labelled a score of 300 "the new 250". 
Australia has chased down 309, 308 and 295 in the first three matches of the five-game series to lead 3-0 before Wednesday's fourth clash at Canberra's Manuka Oval. It has created confusion about how many the team that bats first should be targeting on a deck that has traditionally served up run-fests.
One thing is for certain: India's struggling bowlers must lift or they with face another long day, particularly with Warner slotting back into the top order.
Australia has defended totals of 329 when batting first in the two most recent one-day internationals at Manuka. "With the amount of Twenty20 cricket, with batsmen taking more chances, you will see big scores being chased down," Shastri said. "In good conditions there could be a time when you set the bar at 330 to 340, you never know." Shastri said the lean tour had been a "huge learning curve" for his bowlers, and hoped they would take those lessons on board for the last two one dayers, and the Twenty20 series.
"It's a huge learning curve. There's absolutely no shame in the way they played in spite of the results," he said.