Second one day – India Vs Australia at Kolkata on 21 Sep 2017 – India won by 50 runs

India won the toss in this game to provide the 56th occasion of India winning the toss against Australia in one day games. It also provides the 22^nd occasions India winning the toss against Australia in a one day game at home.

India won the toss and elected to bat first in this game to provide the 33rd occasion of India doing so against Australia in one day games. It also provides the 13^th occasion of India doing so against Australia in a one day game at home.

MS Dhoni was playing his 300^th one day game representing India. He became the sixth cricketer to represent India in 300 plus one day games. Others are – SR Tendulkar {463}, R Dravid {340}, M Azharuddin {334}, SC Ganguly {308} and Yuvraj Singh {308}

MS Dhoni became the 19^th cricketer to represent a county in 300 plus one day games {note – appearances for ICC eleven, Africa Eleven and Asia Eleven excluded}

SPD Smith was playing his 100^th one day game and became the 27^th Australian cricketer to play 100 plus one day games

V Kohli’s 92 in this game provide his  20^th  half century in one day games at home. He became the seventh Indian batsman to score 20 half centuries at home. Others are – SR Tendulkar {38}, R Dravid {24}, SC Ganguly {24}, MS Dhoni {23}, Yuvraj Singh {21} and SK Raina {20}

V Kohli’s 92 in this game was his tenth fifty against Austrlia. He became the Indian second batsman to socre ten or more fifties against Australia after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar has scored 24 fifties against Australia. V Kohli became the 16^th batsman to score ten or more fifties against Australia in one  day games.

V Kohli’s 92 in this game provide the 95^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety in one day games. It also provides the eleventh occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	K Srikkanth	93*	2	v Australia	Melbourne	03 Mar 1985
2	SM Gavaskar	92*	2	v Australia	Sydney	21 Jan 1986
3	M Azharuddin	93	2	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Mar 1992
4	SR Tendulkar	90	2	v Australia	Mumbai	27 Feb 1996
5	M Azharuddin	94	1	v Australia	Mohali	03 Nov 1996
6	SR Tendulkar	91	1	v Australia	Brisbane	04 Mar 2008
7	G Gambhir	92	2	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Feb 2012
8	S Dhawan	95	2	v Australia	Jaipur	16 Oct 2013
9	V Kohli	91	1	v Australia	Perth	12 Jan 2016
10	RG Sharma	99	2	v Australia	Sydney	23 Jan 2016
11	V Kohli	92	1	v Australia	Kolkata	21 Sep 2017

V Kohli’s 92 in this game provide the second occasion of his scoring ninety in one day games. He became the third Indian batsman to score nineties on two occasions against Australia after MA Azharuddin and SR Tendulkar. The following table lists the performance of these three batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	M Azharuddin	93	2	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Mar 1992
2	M Azharuddin	94	1	v Australia	Mohali	03 Nov 1996
1	SR Tendulkar	90	2	v Australia	Mumbai	27 Feb 1996
2	SR Tendulkar	91	1	v Australia	Brisbane	04 Mar 2008
1	V Kohli	91	1	v Australia	Perth	12 Jan 2016
2	V Kohli	92	1	v Australia	Kolkata	21 Sep 2017

V Kohli’s 92 in this game provides the sixth occasion of his scoring a ninety in one day games. All his 90s are tabulated below.

No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	91	3	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	07 Jan 2010
2	94	3	1	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Jun 2011
3	99	3	1	v West Indies	Visakhapatnam	24 Nov 2013
4	91	3	1	v Australia	Perth	12 Jan 2016
5	96*	3	2	v Bangladesh	Birmingham	15 Jun 2017
6	92	3	1	v Australia	Kolkata	21 Sep 2017

V Kohli became the sixth Indian batsman to score six or more nineties in one day games. Others are – SR Tendulkar {18}, M Azharuddin {07}, MS Dhoni {06}, SC Ganguly {06} and V Sehwag {06}

The following Indian batsmen have scored 1000 plus runs against Austrlia. MS Dhoni  with 1339  runs to  his credit  occupy the second place amongst the Indian batsmen  who have scored most runs against Australia in one day games. SR Tendulkar with 3077 runs occupy the first place

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	SR Tendulkar	71	70	1	3077	175	44.59	9	15	2	330	35
2	MS Dhoni	45	39	7	1339	139*	41.84	2	7	2	91	26
3	RG Sharma	25	25	4	1332	209	63.42	5	3	1	110	44
4	V Kohli	25	23	3	1094	118	54.70	5	5	2	103	13

V Kohli scored eight boundary fours  in this game  which fetched  him  a total of 103 boundary fours against Australia. He became the fourth Indian batsman to score 100 plus boundary fours against Austrlaia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {330}, RG Sharma {110} and Yuvraj Singh {103}

V Kohli’s 92 in  this  game provides the  63^rd occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in a one  day game against Australia

AM Rahane was dismissed run out for 55 in this game to  provide the 20^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a one day game against Australia. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty against Australia.

AM Rahane and V Kohli added 102 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 403^rd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. It also provides the 91^st occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in one day games

AM Rahane and V Kohli added 102 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 55^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against in one day games. It also provides the 14^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against Australia in one day games

MS Dhoni played his 100^th innings on home when he batted in this game. He became the fourth Indian batsman to play 100 or more innings on home soil. Others are – SR Tendulkar {160}, M Azharuddin {102} and Yuvraj Singh {101}

V Kohli’s 92 in this game provide the 17^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring nineties in one day games. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian captain scoring a ninety against Australia in one day games. MA Azaruddin had scored 93 against Australia at Brisbane on 01.03.92. Thus it took 25 years six months and 20 days for another Indian batsman to emulate MA Azharuddin to score a ninety against Australia.

V Kohli’s 92 in this game provide the fifth occasion of an Indian captain scoring nineties in one day games at home. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian captain scoring a ninety against Australia in one day games at home.

SPD Smith scored 59 in this game to provide the 25^th occasion of an Australian captain scoring a half century against India. It also provides the 15th occasion of an Australian captain scoring a half century against India in India.

V Kohli {92} and SPD Smith {59} scored half centuries in this game to  provide the sixth occasion of rival skippers scoring half centuries in the same  game in India-Australia one day series

Kuldeep Yadav performed the hat trick in this game by claiming the wickets of MS Wade, AC Agar and PJ Cummins. His feat provides the 42nd occasion of a bowler performing the hat trick in one day games. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian bowler performing the feat in one day games. All the three occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	C Sharma	India	New Zealand	Nagpur	31.10.87
2	Kapil Dev	India	Sri Lanka	Calcutta	04.01.91
3	KuldeepYadav	India	Australia	Kolkata	21.09.17

Kuldeep Yadav became the seventh bowler to perform the hat trick against Austrlia. All such feats are detailed below

No	Player	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	Jalal-ud-Din	Pakistan	Australia	Hyderabad (P)	20.09.82
2	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	Australia	Sharjah	04.05.90
3	JE Taylor	West Indies	Australia	Mumbai (BS)	18.10.06
4	SE Bond	New Zealand	Australia	Hobart	14.01.07
5	SL Malinga	Sri Lanka	Australia	Colombo (RPS)	22.08.11
6	ST Finn	England	Australia	Melbourne	14.02.15
7	KuldeepYadav	India	Australia	Kolkata	21.09.17

AC Agar and PJ Cummins collected first ball ducks in this game to  provide the 21^st and  22^nd  occasion of an Australian batman dismissed first ball for a duck against India in one day games.