As the India vs Australia ODI series consisting of three matches begins with the 1st ODI on November 27, 2020, here's a look at statistics, facts and records between the two sides in ODIs in the past. Pics/AFP.
Updated On: 2017-09-17 05:57 AM IST
Australia has the edge over India in Head-to-Head in One-Day Internationals. India and Australia have played 145 ODI matches together with the Aussies winning 78 while India winning 52. 15 matches ended up in no-results.
The last time the two teams met in an ODI was in January 2020 when India won by 7 wickets. Mohammed Shami's amazing 4-wicket haul proved vital to curtail the Aussies before Kohli-Rohit's partnership helped India seal the win.
Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run getter in ODIs between the two teams with 3077 runs in 71 matches.
Brett Lee holds the record for the most wickets between India and Australia in ODIs with 55 in 32 matches. Brett Lee's best bowling was 5/27.
Rohit Sharma holds the record for the highest individual score in an India vs Australia match in ODIs. Rohit slammed 209 runs in 158 balls with 16 sixes and 12 fours in November 2013.
Murali Karthik's 6/27 in 2007 at Mumbai is the best-ever bowling figure by a bowler in India vs Australia one day international cricket matches.
The last time the two teams played an ODI series was in India where the hosts won the 3-match series 2-1.
The highest partnership between the two teams was set during the ODI series in 2020. David Warner and Aaron Finch put on a stellar show together and posted an unbeaten 258 runs on board on January 14, 2020, against India. Both scored tons and won the match in style for the Aussies by 10 wickets.
In the second final of the VB series at Sydney Cricket Ground in February 2004, Australia beat India by 208 runs to register their biggest ODI winning margin against India
India's biggest ODI winning margin against Australia came way back in the 1983 Cricket World Cup when Kapil Dev's team crushed the Aussies by 118 runs at Chelmsford in the UK.
In the Benson & Hedges Cup World Series match against Australia, the Indian team was bowled out for 63 which is still the lowest team total in India vs Australia one day internationals.
The first ODI between Australia and India was played at Melbourne on December 6, 1980. India won by 66 runs with Sandeep Patil being adjudged Man of the Match.
