Fifth one day – India Vs Australia at Nagpur on 01 Oct 2017 – India won by seven wickets

 

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first in this game to provide the 49^th occasion of Australia winning the toss and elected to bat first in one day games.

 

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first and lost the game to provide the 15th occasion of Australia winning the toss and elected to bat first and losing the game in one day games.

 

Australia scored 242 for 9 in this game to provide the 22nd occasion of Australia scoring less than 250 runs in an innings against India while batting first in one day games.

 

Australia scored 242 for 9 in this game while batting first and lost the game to provide the 11th occasion of Australia scoring less than 250 runs in an innings against India while batting first and losing in one day games.

 

AM Rahane [61} and RG Sharma {125} scored fifties in this  game to provide  the eleventh  occasion of both Indian openers scoring fifties against Australia  in one  day games.

 

AM Rahane [61} and RG Sharma {125} scored fifties in this  game to provide  the fifth  occasion of one of the Indian opener scoring fifty and the other Indian opener scoring century against Australia  in one  day games.  All such occasions are tabulated below

 

Team	Inns	Oppn	Venue	Date	Batsman-1	Run	Batsman-2	Runs
India	2	Aus	Kanpur	07.04.98	SC Ganguly	72	SR Tendulkar	100
India	2	Aus	Jaipur	16.10.13	S Dhawan	95	RG Sharma	141*
India	2	Aus	Nagpur	30.10.13	RG Sharma	79	S Dhawan	100
India	1	Aus	Bengaluru	02.11.13	S Dhawan	60	RG Sharma	209
India	2	Aus	Nagpur	01.10.17	AM Rahane	61	RG Sharma	125

 

RG Sharma’s one day run aggregate at the end of this game read 6033. He became the 53^rd batsman in the history of one day games to total 6000 plus runs. He also became the ninth Indian batsman to accomplish the feat. The following table lists all the Indian batsmen who have aggregated 6000 plus runs in one day games

 

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	SR Tendulkar	463	452	41	18426	200*	44.83	49	96	20
2	SC Ganguly	308	297	23	11221	183	40.95	22	71	16
3	R Dravid	340	314	39	10768	153	39.15	12	82	13
4	MS Dhoni	303	260	74	9584	183*	51.52	09	66	08
5	M Azharuddin	334	308	54	9378	153*	36.92	07	58	09
6	V Kohli	199	191	32	8767	183	55.13	30	45	12
7	Yuvraj Singh	301	275	39	8609	150	36.47	14	52	18
8	V Sehwag	241	235	9	7995	219	35.37	15	37	14
9	RG Sharma	168	162	25	6033	264	44.03	14	34	11

 

RG Sharma’s one day run aggregate at the end of this game as an opening batsman read 4066. He became the 27^th opening batsman in the history of one day games to total 6000 plus runs. He also became the fifth Indian batsman to accomplish the feat. The following table lists all the Indian opening batsmen who have aggregated 4000 plus runs in one day games

 

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	SR Tendulkar	344	340	23	15310	200*	48.29	45	75	12
2	SC Ganguly	242	236	16	9146	183	41.57	19	58	13
3	V Sehwag	204	202	6	7240	219	36.93	14	34	13
4	K Srikkanth	146	145	4	4091	123	29.01	4	27	11
5	RG Sharma	84	83	8	4066	264	54.21	12	22	03

 

RG Sharma’s 125 in this game represent his eleventh fifty against Australia in one day games. He now occupies the second place in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most fifties against Australia in one day games. SR Tendulkar occupies the first place with 24 fifties. RG Sharma went past V Kohli who had  scored ten fifties against Australia on his way to second  place. SR Tendulkar {24}, RG Sharma {11} and V Kohli {10} are the three Indian batsmen who have scored ten or more fifties against Australia in one day games. RG Sharma became the 14th batsman to score eleven or more fifties against Australia.

 

RG Sharma’s 125 in this game represent his tenth fifty as an opening batsman against Australia in one day games. He became the second Indian opening batsmen to score ten or more fifties against Australia in one day games. SR Tendulkar is the other batsman. He has scored 22 fifties as an opening batsman against Australia.

 

RG Sharma became the fourth opening batsman to score ten or more fifties against Australia in one day games. Others are – SR Tendulkar {22}, DL Haynes {19} and GA Gooch {12}

 

RG Sharma’s run aggregate against Australia read 1593 at the end of this game. He became the second Indian batsman to total 1500 plus runs against Australia. He also became the tenth batsman in the history of one day games to total 1500 plus runs against Australia.

 

RG Sharma’s 125 in this game represent his sixth century against Australia in one day games. All his centuries are tabulated below. RG Sharma became the third batsman to score six or more centuries against Australia in one day games. Others are – SR Tendulkar {09] and DL Haynes {06}. He also became the second Indian batsman to score six or more centuries against Australia after SR Tendulkar.

 

No	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	141*	2	v Australia	Jaipur	16 Oct 2013
2	209	1	v Australia	Bengaluru	2 Nov 2013
3	138	1	v Australia	Melbourne	18 Jan 2015
4	171*	1	v Australia	Perth	12 Jan 2016
5	124	1	v Australia	Brisbane	15 Jan 2016
6	125	2	v Australia	Nagpur	01 Oct 2017

 

RG Sharma’s run aggregate as an opening batsman read 1400 at the end of this game. He became the third opening batsman to total 1400 plus runs against Australia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {2836} and DL Hayned {2262}. He became the  second Indian opening batsman to total 1400 plus  runs after SR Tendulkar.

 

RG Sharma’s 125 in this game provide the 39^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against Australia in one day games. It also provides the 21^st occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century against Australia in one day games.

 

AM Rahane-RG Sharma added 124 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 58^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in one day game. It also provides the 14th such occasion for the first wicket.

 

AM Rahane-RG Sharma added 124 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 30th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia at home in one day game. It also provides the 11th such occasion for the first wicket.