Stats Analysis

India's first bilateral ODI series in Australia

A stats preview of the five-match ODI series between India and Australia

Bharath Seervi
11-Jan-2016
Virat Kohli targets the off side, Western Australia XI v Indians, tour match, Perth, January 8, 2016

Virat Kohli needs 169 runs in the series to become the fastest batsman to 7000 ODI runs  •  AFP

0 Number of bilateral ODI series between India and Australia in Australia. All the ODIs played by India in Australia have been part of series or tournaments of three or more teams only.
10-31 India's win-loss record in ODIs against Australia in Australia, which includes a streak of 11 consecutive losses against the hosts ending in 2004. In their last 11 complete ODIs, India have won four matches which include the two finals of the Commonwealth Bank Series of 2007-08. India's win-loss ratio of 0.363 against Australia in Australia in ODIs since 2000 is their second worst against host countries.
14 Consecutive ODIs without defeat for Australia at home since November 2014. Their last defeat was to South Africa at the WACA on November 16, 2014.
3 Bilateral ODI series defeats for Australia at home in 17 series' since 2000. Their losses came against: Pakistan (1-2) in 2002, South Africa (1-4) in 2008-09 and Sri Lanka (1-2) in 2010-11.They have won ten series' and four have been drawn.
1 Centuries by India batsmen against Australia in Australia in the last eight ODIs, since 2008. The only hundred was by Rohit Sharma, who made 138 at the MCG in January 2015. However, there were three hundreds in six matches by India batsmen in the 2015 World Cup at Australian venues.
57.06 Rohit Sharma's average against Australia in ODIs, his best against any Test-playing team. He has scored three centuries against them: 209, 141* and 138. Sri Lanka are the only other team against whom he has made two centuries in ODIs.
169 Runs required by Virat Kohli to complete 7000 ODI runs. If he gets there in this five-match series, he will become the quickest to the landmark beating AB de Villiers who did it in 166 innings. Kohli has 6831 runs in 158 innings.
135 Runs needed by Aaron Finch in two innings to become the joint-fastest Australia batsman to 2000 ODI runs. He has 1865 runs in 50 innings. Currently, the fastest Australia batsman to 2000 ODI runs is David Boon, who took 52 innings to reach the mark. Finch averages 45.87 against India in eight innings with four half-centuries and a best of 96.

Bharath Seervi is stats sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @SeerviBharath