Dhoni opted to bowl first in the stand-alone Twenty20 last week - and has admitted he would've bowled in both one day clashes had he won the toss.
The message is clear: with a batting lineup bursting with aggressive scorers who have grown up on a diet of T20 cricket, anything is possible.
Australian skipper George Bailey said the strength of India's batting was far from a secret btut the fact that it was so forcefully rammed home by Sharma, Virat Kohli (100) and Shakhar Dhawan (95) - while the world class pair of Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh were not even required - speaks volumes.
Kohli's knock unbeaten century was brought up of just 52 deliveries - the fastest by an Indian and the fastest against Australia.