There will be little more than pride on the line, but both India and Australia have vowed to continue the aggression in the fourth Test.
The hosts reclaimed the Border-Gavaskar trophy in Melbourne, where a draw gave them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-Test series.
There has been a steady supply of animosity between the two sides since the first Test started in Adelaide, with Virat Kohli in the middle of a handful of particularly heated confrontations.
Kohli, fined for an altercation which came between his two centuries at Adelaide Oval, will lead India when the SCG Test starts on Tuesday.
"A line doesn't need to be crossed, but we are not here to back down from any sort of confrontation or any battles," Kohli said on Monday.
"You will still see positive cricket and the same aggressive intent."
Kohli insisted he didn't care what people wrote or thought about his conduct at the MCG, where he swapped barbs with Mitchell Johnson and Brad Haddin.
However the in-form batsman took exception to suggestions he was at fault for fanning the flames.
"There has been a lot of talk of me going over the top and crossing the line ... I don't know how one individual is so wrong in standing up for his team," he said.
"If there were fines only for me I understand you would have the right to say that I am wrong.
"When there were no fines the match referee knows what happened out there and the umpires know it as well."
Steve Smith was forthright when asked if he expected the niggle to dwindle this week.
"It's still another Test match for us, we'll be looking to win," Smith said.
"We're still going to play that aggressive brand of cricket that we've been playing the whole summer.
"I don't think we're going to change anything."
Australia have been forced to make one change, with Mitchell Starc replacing fellow left-armer Mitchell Johnson in the XI that played in Melbourne.
Starc earned the final berth ahead of Peter Siddle and Ashton Agar, although Smith conceded Johnson would have "probably" played if the series was still alive.
"There's no secret there's a pretty big summer coming up and we want him to be fresh for the one-dayers and the World Cup," Smith said of Johnson's "little hamstring strain".
Shane Watson was too sick to bat on Sunday, but he bowled and batted in the nets on Monday.
Watson still looked bothered by the stomach bug, but the allrounder is expected to play on Tuesday.
"I spoke to him last night. He said he was feeling better," Smith said.
Having already sealed a series win, Smith added he would be "a bit more aggressive" regrading potential declarations at the SCG.
Kohli gave little away about his XI, however some Indian media outlets have tipped Cheteshwar Pujara and Shikhar Dhawan could be dropped.
