ICC World Cup 2019 Match 14, India vs Australia, statistical preview: History, form, everything points at Australia

Having beaten South Africa at the Rose Bowl, India will now play their second match of the 2019 World Cup, against Australia at The Oval. Australia have won both their matches, against Afghanistan and West Indies – something only New Zealand have done in the tournament till now. Ahead of the clash, here is a statistical preview.

Statistical preview

0.375 win-loss ratio of India against Australia in World Cups (3 wins, 8 defeats), their worst against any team. Two of India’s 3 wins came way back in 1983 and 1987, while the other was more recent, in 2011.

0.676 win-loss ratio of India against Australia (49 wins, 77 defeats) in all ODIs, their worst against any team.

1 hundred for India against Australia in World Cups, by Ajay Jadeja (100*) in 1999. Australia have scored 6 hundreds in these matches, Ponting getting 2 of them.

1 stumping needed by MS Dhoni (6) to top the list for India in World Cups. Kiran More also has 6 stumpings. However, Dhoni has held 33 catches compared to More’s 18.

2 wickets needed by Nathan Coulter-Nile (48) to become the 47th Australian and 313th overall to 50 ODI wickets.

3 consecutive defeats in completed matches for Australia at The Oval – against England in 2012 and 2018 and against Sri Lanka in 2013. Their Champions Trophy 2017 match against Bangladesh was abandoned due to rain.

4.63 Australia’s bowling economy rate at The Oval, the 2nd-best for any side, after West Indies’ 4.38.

4.75 India’s batting run rate at The Oval, the 2nd-worst for any side that has played 5 or more matches. Only Pakistan (4.40) have done worse.

10 consecutive wins for Australia – 3 against India, 5 against Pakistan, and 1 each against Afghanistan and West Indies in the ongoing World Cup. This is the longest streak since South Africa’s 12 from September 2016 and February 2017.

18 runs needed by Marcus Stoinis (982) to become the 45th Australian and 229th overall to 1,000 ODI runs.

20 runs needed by Rohit Sharma (1,980) to score 2,000 runs in India-Australia ODIs. Only Sachin Tendulkar (3,077) and Ricky Ponting (2,164) have scored more.

29 runs needed by Virat Kohli (10,861) to go past Rahul Dravid (10,890) and secure 9th spot on the list of all-time run getters. However, 46 of Dravid’s runs were for ICC World XI and 75 for Asia XI.