India and Australia meet each other on 25.10.09 in the first one dayer of the seven match series at Vadodara in a day game. Crickick.com looks at the comprehensive statistical highlights of the series.

India and Australia have played 97 one day games prior to the start of the series. India has won 32 games, lost 57 games and eight games have ended as No Result games.

Australia has posted totals of 300 plus runs on ten occasions. Australia’s highest total against India is its 359 for 2 at Johannesburg on 23.03.03 and 359 for 5 at Sydney on 08.03.04,. India on its part has posted 300 plus runs on four occasions. 315 all out at Bangalore on 25.03.01 represent India’s highest team total.

Australia has never been dismissed all out for a total less than 100 by India in one day games. Australia’s lowest completed innings total is 101 at Perth on 08.12.91. Australia has been dismissed all out for a total of less than 150 runs on five occasions. India has been dismissed all out for a total of less than 100 runs only once. India’s lowest completed innings total is 63 at Sydney on 08.01.81. India has been dismissed for all out for a total of less than 150 runs on five occasions.

India has won three games by 100 plus runs margin against Australia. India’s largest margins of victory in terms of runs are – by 118 runs at Chelmsford on 10.06.83 and by 118 runs at Indore on 31.03.01. Australia has won one game by 200 plus runs margin – by 208 runs at Sydney on 08.02.04 – which represents its largest margin of victory in terms of runs. Apart from this 200 plus runs win, Australia has carved four wins by 100 plus runs margin.

Australia has won five games by nine wickets margin, while India is yet to carve a nine wickets win over Australia. It has won two games by eight wickets margin.

As many as eight Australian batsmen have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs against India. They are RT Ponting {1778}, AC Gilchrist {1622}, ML Hayden {1450}, DC Boon {1212}, SR Waugh {1117}, AR Border {1104}, MG Bevan {1081} and A Symonds {1067}. RT Ponting with 1778 runs to his credit has the most aggregate runs against India

On India’s part, it has only one batsman in its ranks with an aggregate of 1000 plus runs against Australia. SR Tendulkar with 2730 runs has the most run aggregate against Australia

Australian batsmen have posted 25 hundreds against India. RT Ponting’s 140 not out at Johannesburg on 23.03.03 remain the highest individual score. RT Ponting also holds the record of scoring most hundreds against India. He has five hundreds to his credit

Indian batsmen have registered 22 hundreds against Australia. SR Tendulkar’s 143 at Sharjah on 22.04.98 remain the highest individual score. SR Tendulkar also holds the record of scoring most hundreds against Australia. He has eight hundreds to his credit.

SR Tendulkar’s 2730 runs, his 143 at Sharjah on 22.04.98 and his eight hundreds are the records in India-Australia one day series for most run aggregate, highest individual score and most hundreds by a batsmen.

As many as eleven hundred by Indian batsmen have gone in vain as India failed to win the game. SR Tendulkar’s 143 at Sharjah remain the highest individual score when India ended on a losing side. Only four hundreds by Australian batsmen have gone in vain. DC Boon’s 111 at Jaipur on 07.09.86 remain the highest individual innings by an Australian batsman in a losing cause.

Australian batsmen have scored individual nineties on eight occasions against India. ML Hayden’s 99 at Bangalore on 245.03.91 remains the only ninety nine registered by an Australian batsman against India. ML Hayden, AC Gilchrist and AR Border are the three Australian batsmen who have scored nineties on two occasions.

Indian batsmen have scored individual nineties on six occasions against Australia. M Azharuddin and SR Tendulkar are the two Indian batsmen who have scored nineties on two occasions. M Azharuddin’s 94 at Mohali on 03.11.96 remain the highest individual score amongst the nineties scored by Indian batsmen.

SR Tendulkar has scored 22 fifties for India against Australia while the most number of fifties by Australian batsmen is 13 against India is shared by ML Hayden and AC Gilchrist. RT Ponting {11} is the other batsman with ten or more fifties to his credit. SR Tendulkar’s 22 fifties is a series record.

Most number of sixes by a batsman in India-Australia one day series is 31 which is credited to SR Tendulkar, which incidentally is also an Indian record against Australia. RT Ponting and A Symonds with 27 sixes to their credit share the Australian record against India.

Bret Lee {49} and N Kapil Dev {45} hold the record for most wickets by an Australian bowler and Indian bowler respectively in the series. B Lee’s 49 wickets is a series record. He needs one more wicket for his 50 wickets against India. He would then become the sixth bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against India. H would earn the distinction of becoming the first Australian bowler to capture fifty plus wickets against India.

B Lee holds the record for most number of four plus wickets on four occasions against India {all these four occasions are five fors}, while Indian record for most four plus wickets is three and is credited to AB Agarkar {three occasions}

Murali Karthik’s 6 for 27 at Mumbai on 17.10.07 remain the best bowling figures by an Indian bowler against Australia, while KH Macleay’s 6 for 39 at Nottingham on 13.06.83 remain the best bowling figures by an Australian bowler against India. AB Agarkar of India is the other bowler to capture six wickets against Australia {6 for 42 at Melbourne on 09.01.04

There are 15 occasions of bowlers capturing five or more wickets in India-Australia one day series which includes three occasion of six wickets performances. Indian bowlers have captured five or more wickets on five occasions {of which two are six wickets performances}, while Australian bowlers have captured five or more wickets on ten occasions {of which one is a six wicket performance}.

Australian bowlers have captured exact four wickets against India on thirteen occasions, while Indian bowlers have captured exact four wickets against Australia on eleven occasions,

India has lost the match on five occasions when its bowlers have captured four or more wickets, while Australia has not lost a single match against India when its bowlers have captured four or more wickets. Australian bowlers have captured four or more wickets on three occasions in a No result game.

There are 43 occasions of Australian batsmen posting three figures partnerships for various wickets against India which includes three 200 plus runs partnerships. 234 runs unfinished stand for the third wicket between RT Ponting and DR Martyn remain the highest three figure partnership by Australian batsmen against India. There are seven partnerships of 150 plus runs posted by Australian batsmen against India.

Indian batsmen have posted 35 three figure partnerships for various wickets against Australia which includes one partnership of 200 plus runs. 213 runs partnership for the fourth wicket between VVS Laxman and Yuvraj Singh remain the highest partnership by Indian batsmen against Australia. There are five partnerships of 150 plus runs posted by Indian batsmen against Australia