Australia v India 3rd ODI Statistical Highlights

Team India posted the highest total at the MCG but their bowlers were once again incapable of defending it and with that they have now conceded an unassailable 3-0 lead to Australia in the ongoing 5-match series. Though it was an unfruitful match for the team, but most of the players who played their part also recorded a few stats and records.

Here are the statistical highlights of Australia v India 3^rd ODI:

17 – Is the number of consecutive home ODIs that Australia has now won. It is now the longest streak for any team going past West Indies (1986-1990) and Sri Lanka (1996-1998) who had 16 wins.

125.22 – Glenn Maxwell’s striker rate after batting in 53 innings which is the best among batsmen who have played minimum 1000 balls.

86.75 – George Bailey now has the best average for a batsman against India in ODIs among batsmen who have played minimum 10 innings.

87.93 – Australian skipper Steve Smith now has the second best average for a batsman against India in international cricket among batsmen who have played minimum 10 innings.

295 – India’s total of 295/6 is the highest total vs Australia at the MCG.

300 – Number of International matches MS Dhoni has now played as captain. Only former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting (324) and Stephen Fleming (303) have captained more than him.

161 – Number of innings Virat Kohli took to score 24 ODI centuries. His record is 58 innings lesser than the next fastest; Sachin Tendulkar who took 219 inningss to score those many tons.

10 – Number of centuries Virat has scored against Australia. It is the 6th most centuries by a player against Australia in international cricket.

1 – This is the first time that India’s second wicket partnership has posted 3 or more consecutive ODI innings, before this the 2nd wicket partnership had added 205, 148, 133 and 173 in four consecutive innings in 2012.

1 – This is the first time Virat Kohli has scored 50 or more runs in 3 consecutive ODI innings outside Asia, before this. This is an overall 6th time in his ODI career.

9 – Number of innings since the last time India had a fifty-plus opening stand in ODIs. India’s first wicket has averaged 24.55 with a highest of 42.

335 – Runs Rohit Sharma has scored at an average of 83.75 in ODIs at the MCG; the most he has at any venue. Two of his ten ODI hundreds have come here.

9-1 – Australia’s win-loss record in their last 10 ODIs at the MCG. The last time that they lost here was against Sri Lanka in 2011-12; since then they have won 7 matches here.

89 – MS Dhoni now has 89 stumpings in ODIs. Only Kumar Sangakkara has more stumpings than Dhoni- 99.

52.01 – MS Dhoni’s ODI average 52.01, AB de Villiers has an average of 51.23 & Virat Kohli now has scored runs with an average of 51.10*. These three are the only batsmen with 50 plus batting average in ODIs when they crossed 7000 runs.