India vs Australia, 1st ODI statistical preview: Jadeja, Maxwell chase ‘doubles’

Australia might whitewashed India in the 2-T20I series, but then, Australia are a decent T20I side. ODIs, however, are another thing: with 122 points (3 behind top-ranked England, India are second in the ICC rankings), while the world champions (100) languish at sixth spot. Ahead of the first ODI of the five-match series, at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad, here is a statistical preview.

Statistical preview

0.67 India’s win-loss ratio at Uppal (2 wins, 3 defeats). However, they have won their last 2 matches, against England in 2011-12 (by 126 runs) and against Sri Lanka in 2014-15 (by 6 wickets).

1 India’s win-loss ratio against Australia in this decade (13 wins, 13 defeats). However, at home that goes up to 3 (9 wins, 3 defeats).

1 defeat in a bilateral ODI series for India in the past three years, in England last year.

1 uncapped player in the Australian camp – Ashton Turner. If he plays he will become the 228th to play ODIs for Australia.

2 bilateral home series defeats for India in this decade, against South Africa in 2015-16 and against Pakistan in 2012-13.

2 matches played by Australia at Uppal (both against India) and they have won both. They beat India by 47 runs in 2006-07 and by 3 runs in 2009-10, the latter immortalised by Sachin Tendulkar’s 141-ball 175 in a valiant chase.

4 wickets needed by Glenn Maxwell (46) to reach 50 ODI wickets. Maxwell also has 2,329 runs. These 4 wickets will make Maxwell the 9th Australian to the 2,000 run-50 wicket double in ODIs and the 45th Australian to take 50 wickets.

9 instances of a team with a 100% record against India on an Indian ground. Australia have it at Uppal and Reliance Stadium, Vadodara; England, Pakistan, and West Indies, all at Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur; Pakistan, also at Chepauk, Chennai; and West Indies also at Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad, and Nehru Stadium, Guwahati. However, the list is led by Pakistan, who have beaten India 4 times at Eden Gardens, Kolkata and have lost none. All others have won 2 each.

10 runs needed by Ravindra Jadeja (1,990) to score 2,000 ODI runs. Jadeja currently has 171 wickets. If he gets the runs he will become the 2nd Indian (after Kapil Dev and Tendulkar) to the 2,000 run-150 wicket double in ODIs and the 25th Indian to score 2,000 runs.

12 fifty-plus scores for both Rohit Sharma (including 7 hundreds) and MS Dhoni (2 hundreds) in India-Australia ODIs. One more fifty will make them joint-3rd on the list, along with Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist. Tendulkar leads the list with 24 fifties while Ricky Ponting has 15. In the current Australian squad, Aaron Finch has 8 fifty-plus scores against India.

25 months since Australia last won an ODI series or tournament. Their last win came in early 2017, when they beat Pakistan 4-1 at home. And their last win away from home was back in August 2016.