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Squads
India
Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni(w), Hardik Pandya, Kedar Jadhav, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Axar Patel, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami
Australia
David Warner, Travis Head, Steven Smith(c), Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade(w), Peter Handscomb, James Faulkner, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Hilton Cartwright, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Kane Richardson
Stats and trivia
India Vs Australia Head-to Head in ODI's
- Since January 2013, the average first-innings score in games between India and Australia is 321.
- In that same period, Rohit Sharma has scored 1104 runs in 13 matches against Australia
- In 2016, India's top three batsmen have contributed 57.6% of the team runs, while Australia's top three have accounted for 54.5%.
India Vs Australia Head-to Head in ODI's
-9th bilateral series: Both teams have played eight bilateral ODI series before the start of the series on Sunday Sep 17,2017. While India have won thrice, Australia have triumphed on five occasions.
-8th bilateral series in India: It is interesting that the upcoming series will be the eighth (of the nine bilateral series played between the two countries) series in India. Of the seven previous series in India, Australia have won four and India three
India looking for third consecutive win at home: After winning bilateral series at home in 2010 and 2013, India are looking for a hat-trick of series wins at home.
-Number One Ranking in distance: Both teams have a chance to displace South Africa from the numero uno position in the ICC ODI rankings. For that to happen, both teams need to win by a margin of 4-1. Currently Australia are ranked number two and India number three.
-India can get a better win-loss record at home: Both teams have played 51 matches in India. Australia have won 25 and India have won 21. If India win the series 5-0, then they will have a positive win-loss ratio against Australia at home.
India – Australia rivalry and individual records ahead on either side
1987: India last played an ODI against Australia at Chennai during the 1987 World Cup. India lost this match by 1 run, which coincidentally saw the debuts of Tom Moody and NS Sidhu.
33.33%: India’s win rate against Australia, their lowest against any ODI opponent.
4: India have won 4 of their last 5 ODIs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
70.00%: The team that has batted first has won 70% of the last 10 ODIs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
261: Average first innings score at this stadium, extrapolated over the last 10 ODIs here.
1017: ODI runs in 2017 for Virat Kohli. He’s the first to reach this landmark and is currently 203 runs ahead of the next highest Faf du Plessis.
446: David Warner has scored the most ODI runs for Australia in 2017.
2: Indian pacer Umesh Yadav needs only 2 more wickets to reach the landmark of 100 ODI wickets.
4: Four Indians have scored more than 1000 runs against Australia in ODI. Three are playing this series: Rohit Sharma (1297 runs), MS Dhoni (1255 runs) and Virat Kohli (1002 runs).
491: Runs scored by Rohit Sharma the last time Australia toured, the most by a batsman in a bilateral ODI series.
478: Runs by Australian skipper, George Bailey, against India the last time they toured. This is the most by a captain in any bilateral ODI series.
9: Since January 1st 2016, Australian batsman David Warner has scored 9 centuries at a conversion rate of 69.23%.
0: David Warner has never played an ODI in India. This will be the 10th country where he will play an ODI in.
2,380: Number of days since Steven Smith last batted in an ODI in India. The match in question was an innings of 17* against Kenya at the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.
138.42: Hardik Pandya’s ODI strike rate in 2017 is the best by any batsman this year (minimum 200 ODI runs)
David Warner All-set for 'Debut' in India
Swashbuckling Australia opener David Warner is regarded as one of the most hard-hitting batsman in the world and he will once again play a crucial role in the forthcoming 5-match ODI series against India.
However, even after being on the international arena for so long now (96 ODIs and 66 Tests), Warner will be making his first ODI appearance in India, when the two teams clash in Chennai on Sunday.
Yes, that is right! Warner hasn't played a single ODI in India even taking his maiden bow in the format in 2009. In the same year, Warner featured in the Indian Premier League and has been a constant feature since in the cash-rich league — also leading his side to the title in the 2016 season.
But as far as the international 50-over format goes, when he comes out to bat in Chennai, that will be the first time he will take to the crease in India. But even though Warner hasn't played an ODI in India before, the hosts cannot commit the mistake of taking his 'inexperience' lightly.
The Australian vice-captain has been in superb form of late and is currently second in the ICC ODI batting rankings. He currently has 4025 runs at an average of 44.72 and a strike rate of 96.77 in ODIs, to go with 13 ODI centuries and 16 fifties.
But it is his recent form that is a cause of concern for Kohli's men. Warner has slammed 9 ODI centuries since 01 Jan 2016, which the most by any batsman in the world. Also, Warner has discovered the art of going big as in the past 31 matches, he has gone past the 50-run mark in 31 matches, compared to 16 times in 65 matches prior to this period.
Yes, that is right! Warner hasn't played a single ODI in India even taking his maiden bow in the format in 2009. In the same year, Warner featured in the Indian Premier League and has been a constant feature since in the cash-rich league — also leading his side to the title in the 2016 season.
But as far as the international 50-over format goes, when he comes out to bat in Chennai, that will be the first time he will take to the crease in India. But even though Warner hasn't played an ODI in India before, the hosts cannot commit the mistake of taking his 'inexperience' lightly.
The Australian vice-captain has been in superb form of late and is currently second in the ICC ODI batting rankings. He currently has 4025 runs at an average of 44.72 and a strike rate of 96.77 in ODIs, to go with 13 ODI centuries and 16 fifties.
But it is his recent form that is a cause of concern for Kohli's men. Warner has slammed 9 ODI centuries since 01 Jan 2016, which the most by any batsman in the world. Also, Warner has discovered the art of going big as in the past 31 matches, he has gone past the 50-run mark in 31 matches, compared to 16 times in 65 matches prior to this period.
Hardik Pandya, MS Dhoni Star as India Crush Australia by 26 Runs Under D/L
India won the toss and chose to bat first
Scorecard
India 281/7 in 50 Overs
Australia 137/9 in 21 Overs(Target 164 Runs)
Match Result - India won by 26 Runs under D/L
MOM -Hardik Pandya(India) for his 83(66 Balls 4x5 and 6x5) and 2/28(4 Overs)
Series Result - India lead the 5-Match ODI Series 1-0
India beat Australia by 26 runs in the opening ODI of the five-match series between the two teams in Chennai on Sunday Sep 17,2017
While the win was a comprehensive one, quite a few records were also created. Let’s take a look at the statistical highlights of the first ODI between India and Australia:
India's 26-run triumph is their first in two matches vs Australia in ODIs at Chepauk. They had lost by one run to Australia at this venue on October 9, 1987.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is averaging 100-plus in ODIs at Chepauk -- his tally being 401 in six innings, including two hundreds and a fifty, at an average of 100.25.
Dhoni's seventh fifty vs Australia is his 66th in ODIs.
After a poor season last year averaging 27.80, Dhoni is averaging 89.57 in ODIs this year -- his aggregate being 627 in 14 innings, including a century and five fifties. This is his best performance in terms of averages in a calendar year.
Dhoni has managed 241 runs before being dismissed in this match vs Australia in ODIs. Against Sri Lanka in his previous four innings, he had remained unbeaten.
Dhoni (212) is one of the five batsmen to have hit 200 sixes or more in ODIs. The other four being Shahid Afridi (351), Sanath Jayasuriya (270), Chris Gayle (238) and Brendon McCullum (200).
Dhoni is averaging 75-plus in wins in ODIs, his tally being 5878 (ave. 75.35) in 170 matches -- the highest among the batsmen with atleast 4000 runs in wins.
Hardik Pandya (83 off balls) has posted his highest ever score in ODIs, eclipsing the 76 vs Pakistan at The Oval on June 18, 2017. Pandya's only other half century in ODIs is 56 vs England at Kolkata on January 22.
Pandya has become the third Indian all-rounder to produce a 75-plus score apart from capturing two wickets vs Australia in the same ODI. He has joined Sachin Tendulkar (141 + 4/38 at Dhaka on October 28, 1998) and Robin Singh (75 + 2/43 at The Oval on June 4, 1999).
For the second time in his ODI career, Pandya has recorded a fifty and bagged two or more wickets in the same match - the first instance being 56 and 3 for 49 vs England at Kolkata on January 22, 2017.
Pandya has posted 32 sixes in 17 innings in international cricket -- the highest by an Indian batsman this year.
Pandya recorded three consecutive sixes off Zampa – a distinction accomplished by him for the third time in ODIs and once in Tests.
Pandya had recorded the aforesaid feat earlier this year also -- twice in the ICC Champions Trophy - both times against Pakistan (off Imad Wasim at Birmingham on June 4 and off Shadab Khan at The Oval in the Final on June 18) and off Pushpakumara vs Sri Lanka in the Pallekele Test.
Number six and seven batsmen have recorded 75-plus for the first time in the same ODI innings for India – Mahendra Singh Dhoni (79) & Hardik Pandya (83). In all, this is the fourth instance in ODIs.
Pandya and Dhoni were involved in a stand of 118 -- India's first century partnership for the sixth wicket vs Australia in ODIs in India. Overall the said partnership is India's second century stand for this wicket vs Australia in ODIs -- the highest being 123 between Sadagoppan Ramesh and Robin Singh at Colombo, SSC on August 28, 1999.
Virat Kohli has posted his second duck as captain in ODIs -- both in 2017 -- vs Sri Lanka at The Oval on June 8 and vs Australia at Chepauk on September 17.
Kohli became the first captain to register winning % of 80.00 in ODIs -- 28 wins, seven losses and one no-result game out of 36.
India beat Australia by 26 runs in the opening ODI of the five-match series between the two teams in Chennai on Sunday Sep 17,2017
While the win was a comprehensive one, quite a few records were also created. Let’s take a look at the statistical highlights of the first ODI between India and Australia:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is averaging 100-plus in ODIs at Chepauk -- his tally being 401 in six innings, including two hundreds and a fifty, at an average of 100.25.
Dhoni's seventh fifty vs Australia is his 66th in ODIs.
After a poor season last year averaging 27.80, Dhoni is averaging 89.57 in ODIs this year -- his aggregate being 627 in 14 innings, including a century and five fifties. This is his best performance in terms of averages in a calendar year.
Dhoni has managed 241 runs before being dismissed in this match vs Australia in ODIs. Against Sri Lanka in his previous four innings, he had remained unbeaten.
Dhoni (212) is one of the five batsmen to have hit 200 sixes or more in ODIs. The other four being Shahid Afridi (351), Sanath Jayasuriya (270), Chris Gayle (238) and Brendon McCullum (200).
Dhoni is averaging 75-plus in wins in ODIs, his tally being 5878 (ave. 75.35) in 170 matches -- the highest among the batsmen with atleast 4000 runs in wins.
Hardik Pandya (83 off balls) has posted his highest ever score in ODIs, eclipsing the 76 vs Pakistan at The Oval on June 18, 2017. Pandya's only other half century in ODIs is 56 vs England at Kolkata on January 22.
Pandya has become the third Indian all-rounder to produce a 75-plus score apart from capturing two wickets vs Australia in the same ODI. He has joined Sachin Tendulkar (141 + 4/38 at Dhaka on October 28, 1998) and Robin Singh (75 + 2/43 at The Oval on June 4, 1999).
For the second time in his ODI career, Pandya has recorded a fifty and bagged two or more wickets in the same match - the first instance being 56 and 3 for 49 vs England at Kolkata on January 22, 2017.
Pandya has posted 32 sixes in 17 innings in international cricket -- the highest by an Indian batsman this year.
Pandya recorded three consecutive sixes off Zampa – a distinction accomplished by him for the third time in ODIs and once in Tests.
Pandya had recorded the aforesaid feat earlier this year also -- twice in the ICC Champions Trophy - both times against Pakistan (off Imad Wasim at Birmingham on June 4 and off Shadab Khan at The Oval in the Final on June 18) and off Pushpakumara vs Sri Lanka in the Pallekele Test.
Number six and seven batsmen have recorded 75-plus for the first time in the same ODI innings for India – Mahendra Singh Dhoni (79) & Hardik Pandya (83). In all, this is the fourth instance in ODIs.
Pandya and Dhoni were involved in a stand of 118 -- India's first century partnership for the sixth wicket vs Australia in ODIs in India. Overall the said partnership is India's second century stand for this wicket vs Australia in ODIs -- the highest being 123 between Sadagoppan Ramesh and Robin Singh at Colombo, SSC on August 28, 1999.
Virat Kohli has posted his second duck as captain in ODIs -- both in 2017 -- vs Sri Lanka at The Oval on June 8 and vs Australia at Chepauk on September 17.
Kohli became the first captain to register winning % of 80.00 in ODIs -- 28 wins, seven losses and one no-result game out of 36.
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