2016 Australia Vs India Third ODI @ MCG Sunday January 17,2016

2016 India Tour of Australia January 12-31,2016

India and Australia are set to clash in an ODI and Twenty20 International series beginning on January 12. The series comprises of five ODIs and 3 Twenty20s. The last time the two teams met on field was for the 2015 World Cup semifinals.

The schedule

One-Day Internationals

January 12, Tuesday: Australia vs India, 1st ODI - W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth

January 15, Friday: Australia vs India, 2nd ODI - The Gabba, Brisbane

January 17, Sunday: Australia vs India, 3rd ODI - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

January 20, Wednesday: Australia vs India, 4th ODI - Manuka Oval, Canberra

January 23, Saturday: Australia vs India, 5th ODI - Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Twenty20 Internationals

January 26, Tuesday: Australia vs India, 1st T20I - Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

January 29, Friday: Australia vs India, 2nd T20I - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

January 31, Sunday: Australia vs India, 3rd T20I - Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

The teams are

Australia squad: Steve Smith (captain), David Warner, George Bailey, Scott Boland, Josh Hazlewood, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Mitch Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Joel Paris, Matthew Wade.

India Squads: One-day: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh, Rishi Dhawan and Brainder Sran.

Twenty20: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Harbhajan Singh, Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ashish Nehra. 

India Vs Australia Head-to-Head in ODIs

India versus Australia total ODIs: 118, India won 40, Australia 68, No result 10

In Australia, total ODIs: 43, Australia won 31, India 10 and NR 2.  

In India, total ODIs: 51, India won 21, Australia 25, No result 5

At neutral India and Australia played 24 ODIs. Australia won 12, India 9 and No result 3.

In the first ODI, India won the match by 66 runs with Sandeep Patil being named the man-of-the-match award. The match was played on December 6, 1980 at MCG

In the 1983 World Cup (60 overs) on June 20, 1983, India won the match by 118 runs at County Ground, Clemsford. Roger Binny won the man-of-the-match award.

In the 2011 World Cup quarterfinals, on March 24, 2011, India won the match by five wickets at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad with Yuvraj Singh being named man-of-the-match. India went on to win the World Cup.

In 2015 World Cup, on March 26, 2015 at the SCG, India lost the semifinal game by 95 runs. Steve Smith was named the man-of-the-match for his scintillating 105. Australia lifted its fifth World Cup title

In 2015 World Cup, on March 26, 2015 at the SCG, India lost the semifinal game by 95 runs. Steve Smith was named the man-of-the-match for his scintillating 105. Australia lifted its fifth World Cup title

Usman khawaja replaces David Warner for the 2nd and 3rd ODI's

Usman Khawaja has been drafted into the Australian squad for the second and third ODIs against India as cover for David Warner, who goes on paternity leave. Warner and his wife Candice are expecting their second child very soon

Four of Usman Khawaja 's last seven innings in Test and Big Bash League cricket have been hundreds. He hit them back-to-back against New Zealand in Brisbane and Perth, but missed out on the Day-Night Test in Adelaide with a hamstring injury. A century in the BBL on his return proved there was no lingering discomfort and then plundered 144 and 56 in the Melbourne Test against West Indies a few days later.

5-Match ODI Series Result

First ODI @ Perth Tuesday January 12,2016
Scorecard
India 309/3 in 50 Overs
Australia 310/5 in 49.2 Overs
Match Result - Australia won by 5 Wickets
MOM -Steve Smith for his 149(135 Balls 4x11 and 6x2)
Series Result - Australia lead the 5-Match ODI Series 1-0
Second ODI @ Brisbane Friday January 15,2016

Scorecard India 308/8 in 50 Overs Australia 309/3 in 49 Overs Match Result -Australia won by 7 Wickets MOM - Rohit Sharma for his 124(127 Balls 4x11 and 6x3)10th ODI ton and 5th Vs Australia. Series Result - Australia lead the 5-Match ODI Series 2-0 Third ODI @ MCG Sunday January 17,2016 Scorecard India 295/6 in 50 Overs Australia 296/7 in 48.5 Overs Match Result - Australia won by 3 Wickets MOM - Glenn Maxwell for his 96(83 Balls4x8 and 6x3)- 4th fifty vs India and 13th in ODIs. Series Result -  Australia lead the 5-Match ODI Series 3-0 Australia won the toss and chose to field ODI debuts - Rishi Dhawan and Gurkeerat Singh (India) For the first time in ODIs, Australia have conceded 275 or more in three successive innings to a team – 309 for three at Perth; 308 for eight at Brisbane and 295 for six at Melbourne. India (295/6) have posted their highest total vs Australia at Melbourne in ODIs, eclipsing the 270 on January 9, 2004. Australia’s score of 296 for 7 is the highest successful chase by any team in ODIs at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Australia had recorded 297 for four in response to England’s total of 294 on January 16, 2011  Australia chased down the 296-run target in 48.5 overs to win by three wickets and complete hat-trick of wins to seal the series 3-0 Australia have won 17 result-oriented successive matches between November 19, 2014 and January 17, 2016 – the longest winning streak by any team at home in ODIs, bettering the 16 each by the West Indies (March 19, 1986 April 3, 1990) and Sri Lanka (excluding the walkovers vs Australia and West Indies between February 17, 1996 and January 26, 1998) Glenn Maxwell and India's pace attack was the difference between the two teams at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday Glenn Maxwell has posted four innings in the nervous nineties – the first three scores were 95 vs England at Perth on February 1,2015, 93 vs Zimbabwe at Harare on August 25, 2014 and 92 vs India at Ranchi on October 23, 2013.
India lost a 5-Match ODI series in the first 3 completed games for the 1st time in 26 years India have lost three out of the four series contested in ODIs since the ICC World Cup 2015, – one each to Bangladesh, South Africa and Australia – their only series victory being against Zimbabwe Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan were involved in a stand of 119 – India’s highest second-wicket stand vs Australia a MCG, surpassing the 101 between Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar on January 11,1981. The said partnership is India’s second highest for the second wicket at MCG next only to the 127 between Dhawan and Kohli vs South Africa on Februarty 22, 2015 Virat Kohli went past 7000 ODI runs as he overtook AB de Villiers to become the fastest to get to the milestone in terms of ODI innings. Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane added 109 Runs for the 3rd wicket Virat Kohli is the second Indian batsman to record three consecutive innings of fifty-plus vs Australia in ODIs in Australia. Sunil Gavaskar had scored 59 at Melbourne on January 16, 1986; 92 not out at Sydney on January 21, 1986; 77 at Adelaide on January 26, 1986 and 72 at Melbourne on January 31, 1986 – all in the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup Shikhar Dhawan (68) has recorded his third fifty vs Australia – his 16th in ODIs.Shikhar Dhawan’s aforesaid innings is his first fifty vs Australia in Australia, eclipsing the 45 at Sydney on March 26, 2015 Ajinkya Rahane, has posted three consecutive fifties for the first time in ODIs – 87 vs South Africa at Mumbai on October 25, 2015, followed by 89 at Brisbane on January 15 and 50 a Melbourne on January 17 – both vs Australia.