Australia won the toss and elected to bat first in this game to provide the 56^th occasion of Australia doing so against India in Australia-India one day series.

AJ Finch-DA Warner added 142 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 395th occasion of Australia posting a three figure partnership in one day games. It also provides the 95th occasion of Australia posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in one day games.

AJ Finch-DA Warner added 142 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 67th occasion of Australia posting a three figure partnership in one day games against India. It also provides the 22nd occasion of Australia posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in one day games against India.

DA Warner {83} and AJ Finch {60} scored fifties in this game to provide the 74^th occasion of both the Australian openers scoring fifties in the same innings in one day games. It also provides the 16th occasion of both the Australian openers scoring fifties in the same innings in one day games against India.

DA Warner {83}, AJ Finch {60} and SPD Smith {104} scored fifties in this game to provide the 101st occasion of first three batsmen scoring fifties in the same innings in one day games. It also provides the eighth occasion of first three batsmen scoring fifties in the same innings in one day games against India.

DA Warner {83}, AJ Finch {60} and SPD Smith {104} scored fifties in this game to provide the 14th occasion of first three Australian batsmen scoring fifties in the same innings in one day games. It also provides the fourth occasion of first three Australian batsmen scoring fifties in the same innings in one day games against India.

DA Warner was dismissed run out for 83 in this game to provide the 111th occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in one day games. It also provides the 12th occasion of an Australian batman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in one day games against India

DA Warner was dismissed run out for 83 in this game to provide the 39th occasion of an Australian opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in one day games. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Australian opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in one day games against India

SPD Smith-M Labuschagne added 136 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 396th occasion of Australia posting a three figure partnership in one day games. It also provides the 77th occasion of Australia posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in one day games.

SPD Smith-M Labuschagne added 136 runs for the third wicket this game to provide the 68th occasion of Australia posting a three figure partnership in one day games against India. It also provides the 12th occasion of Australia posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in one day games against India.

DA Warner {83}, AJ Finch {60}, SPD Smith {104} and M Labuschagne {70} scored fifties in this game to provide the 17th occasion of first four batsmen scoring fifties in the same innings in one day games. It also provides the third occasion of first four batsmen scoring fifties in the same innings in one day games against India.

DA Warner {83}, AJ Finch {60} and SPD Smith {104} and M Labuschagne {70} scored fifties in this game to provide the fourth occasion of first four Australian batsmen scoring fifties in the same innings in one day games. It also provides the second occasion of first four Australian batsmen scoring fifties in the same innings in one day games against India.

DA Warner {83}, AJ Finch {60}, SPD Smith {104}, M Labuschagne {70} and GJ Maxwell {63 not out} scored fifties in this game to provide the second occasion of first five batsmen scoring fifties in the same innings in one day games.

It is interesting to note that both these occasions are by Australian batsmen and the opposition on both these occasions is India. The other occasion was in the game between Australia and India at Jaipur on 16.10.13. The first five Australian batsmen who scored fifties are – AJ Finch {50}, PJ Hughes {83}, SR Watson {59}, GJ Bailey {92 not out} and GJ Maxwell {53}. AJ Finch and GJ Maxwell appeared in both these games.

Mohd Shami  {1 for 73}, JJ Bumrah {1 for 79}, NA Saini {0 for 70} and YS Chahal {0 for 71} conceded 70 plus runs in this game to provide the tenth occasion of four bowlers conceding 70 plus runs in an innings in the annals of one day internationals. It also provides the third such occasion against Australia in one day internationals.

Mohd Shami  {1 for 73}, JJ Bumrah {1 for 79}, NA Saini {0 for 70} and YS Chahal {0 for 71} conceded 70 plus runs in this game to provide the second occasion of four Indian bowlers conceding 70 plus runs in an innings in the annals of one day internationals. It also provides the first such occasion by Indian bowlers against Australia in one day internationals.

Australia posted a team total of 389 for 4 in this game to provide the 22^nd occasion of Australia posting a team total of 350 plus runs in an innings in one day games. It also provides the eighth occasion of Australia posting a team total of 350 plus runs in an innings in one day games against India

Australia posted a team total of 389 for 4 in this game to provide its highest team total against India in one day games. Its previous best was 374 for 6 in the first one day of this series at Sydney on 27 Nov 20.

SPD Smith scored consecutive centuries – 105 at Sydney on 27 Nov 20 and 104 at Sydney on 29 Nov 20 to provide the 125^th occasion of a batsman scoring two or more consecutive centuries in the history of one day internationals. His consecutive centuries provide the 12^th occasion of Australian batsman scoring             two consecutive centuries. The following table lists all the twelve occasions

No	Player	Country	Cs	From
1	Finch AJ	Australia	2	14/01/2018
2	Finch  AJ	Australia	2	22/03/2019
3	Hayden ML	Australia	2	24/03/2007
4	Jones DM	Australia	2	01/01/1987
5	Marsh GR	Australia	2	13/03/1991
6	Ponting RT	Australia	2	28/01/2007
7	Warner DA	Australia	2	04/03/2012
8	Warner DA	Australia	2	06/12/2016
9	Warner DA	Australia	2	22/01/2017
10	Watson SR	Australia	2	02/10/2009
11	Waugh ME	Australia	2	23/02/1996
12	Smith SPD	Australia	2	27/11/2020

SPD Smith scored 105 in this game to post his eleventh century in one day games.

Australia posted 389 for 4 in this game to provide the 111^th occasion of Australia posting a total of 300 plus runs in one day games. It also provides the 28th occasion of Australia posting a total of 300 plus runs in one day games against India

India posted 338 for 9 in this game to provide the 116^th occasion of India posting a team total of 300 plus runs in an innings in one day games.  It also provides the 20th occasion of India posting a team total of 300 plus runs in an innings in one day games.  

Australia posted 389 for 4 and India posted 338 for 9 in this game to provide the 144^th occasion of both the teams posting 300 plus runs in the same match.

India posted 388 for 9 in this game and lost the game by 51 runs to provide the 149^th occasion of a team losing a game after posting 300 plus runs. It also provides the 24th occasion of a team losing a game after posting 300 plus runs against Australia.

India posted 338 for 9 in this game and lost the game by 51 runs to provide the 25^th occasion of India losing a game after posting 300 plus runs. It also provides the ninth occasion of India losing a game after posting 300 plus runs against Australia.

V Kohli has an aggregate of 1910 runs against Australia prior to the start of the ensuing one day series. He needed 90 runs for his 2000 runs. He scored 21 in the first game and 89 in this game.  At the end of this game, his run aggregate against Australia read 2020. He became the third Indian batsman to total 2000 plus runs against Australia. Other are – SR Tendulkar {3077} and RG Sharma {2089}

V Kohli has an aggregate of 1910 runs against Australia prior to the start of the ensuing one day series. He needed 90 runs for his 2000 runs. He scored 21 in the first game and 89 in this game.  At the end of this game, his run aggregate against Australia read 2020. His feat became the 23rd occasion of a batsman totaling 2000 plus runs against a specific opposition

V Kohli has an aggregate of 1910 runs against Australia prior to the start of the ensuing one day series. He needed 90 runs for his 2000 runs. He scored 21 in the first game and 89 in this game.  At the end of this game, his run aggregate against Australia read 2020. He became the fifth batsman totaling 2000 plus runs against Australia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {3077}, DL Haynes {2262}, IVA Richards {2187} and RG Sharma {2089}

V Kohli has an aggregate of 1910 runs against Australia prior to the start of the ensuing one day series. He needed 90 runs for his 2000 runs. He scored 21 in the first game and 89 in this game.  At the end of this game, his run aggregate against Australia read 2020.  He has now scored 2000 plus runs against three oppositions. He had already scored 2000 plus runs against West Indies {2235} and against Sri Lanka {2220}

V Kohli has an aggregate of 1910 runs against Australia prior to the start of the ensuing one day series. He needed 90 runs for his 2000 runs. He scored 21 in the first game and 89 in this game.  At the end of this game, his run aggregate against Australia read 2020. He  became the second batsman  the annals of one day games to score 2000 plus runs against three or more oppositions after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar has scored 2000 plus runs against four oppositions,

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	Opp
1	SR Tendulkar	71	70	1	3077	175	44.59	9	15	2	Aus
2	SR Tendulkar	69	67	4	2526	141	40.09	5	16	5	Pak
3	SR Tendulkar	57	57	1	2001	200*	35.73	5	8	1	SAF
4	SR Tendulkar	84	80	9	3113	138	43.84	8	17	3	Srl

V Kohli has an aggregate of 1910 runs against Australia prior to the start of the ensuing one day series. He needed 90 runs for his 2000 runs. He scored 21 in the first game and 89 in this game.  At the end of this game, his run aggregate against Australia read 2020. India became the only team in the annals of one day games to have two batsmen aggregating 2000 plus runs against three or more oppositions.

V Kohli has an aggregate of 3977 runs on away soil in bilateral one day series. 23 more runs would fetch him 4000 runs. He scored 21 in the first game and 89 in this game.  At the end of this game, his run aggregate on away soil in a bilateral one day series read 4087 and with it he would become the second batsman in the history of one day game to score 4000 plus runs on away soil in a bilateral one day series after RT Ponting. RT Ponting has an aggregate of 4086 runs.

V Kohli has an aggregate of 3977 runs on away soil in bilateral one day series. He scored 21 in the first game and 89 in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate on away soil in a bilateral series read 4087. He now owns the record for most runs on away soil in a bilateral one day series. He wrested the record held by RT Ponting who has an aggregate of 4086 runs.

V Kohli has an aggregate of 1709 runs in bilateral one day series against Australia. He scored 21 in the first game and 89 in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate on away soil in a bilateral series against Australia read 1819. He now owns the record for most runs in a bilateral one day series against Australia. He wrested the record held by RG Sharma who has an aggregate of 1787 runs.

V Kohli has played 248 games prior to the start of the ensuing one day series. Second game of the ensuing series – at Sydney on 29.11.20 – would be his 250^th one day game. He became the eighth Indian cricketer to appear in 250 plus one day games. Others are – SR Tendulkar {463}, MS Dhoni {347}, R Dravid {340}, M Azharuddin {334}, SC Ganguly {301} and A Kumble {269}

No	Player	Span	Mat
1	SR Tendulkar	1989-2012	463
2	MS Dhoni	2004-2019	347
3	R Dravid	1996-2011	340
4	M Azharuddin	1985-2000	334
5	SC Ganguly	1992-2007	308
6	Yuvraj Singh	2000-2017	301
7	A Kumble	1990-2007	269

V Kohli has pouched 24 catches as captain prior to the start of the ensuing one day series on away soil. He pouched one catch in this game to dismiss AJ Finch which gave him his 25 catches and he would become the first Indian captain – not being a wicket keeper – to pouch 25 plus catches in the history of one day games as captain on away soil.

V Kohli has pouched 24 catches as captain prior to the start of the ensuing one day series on away soil. He pouched one catch in this game to dismiss AJ Finch which gave him his 25 catches. He became the fourth captain – not being a wicket keeper – to pouch 25 plus catches in the history of one day games as captain on away soil. Others are – RT Ponting {32}, GC Smith {27} and DPMD Jayawardene {25}

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S Dhawan has an aggregate of 973 runs in bilateral one day series against Australia. He scored 74 runs in the first game and 30 runs in this game and his run aggregate at the end of this game read 1077. He become the sixth batsman to total 1000 plus runs in a bilateral one day series against Australia. Other are – RG Sharma {1787}, V Kohli {1709}, EJG Morgan {1678}, JH Kallis {1230} and MS Dhoni {1170}

S Dhawan has an aggregate of 973 runs in bilateral one day series against Australia. He scored 74 runs in the first game and 30 runs in this game and his run aggregate at the end of this game read 1077. He became the fourth Indian batsman to total 1000 plus runs in a bilateral one day series against Australia. Other are – RG Sharma {1787}, V Kohli {1709} and MS Dhoni {1170}

AJ Finch has scored 87 boundary sixes in bilateral one day series. He needed three more boundary sixes would fetch him 90 boundary sixes. He scored them to become the second Australian batsman to score 90 plus boundary sixes in bilateral one day series after SR Watson. SR Watson has scored 93 boundary sixes in bilateral one day series

GJ Maxwell has scored 72 boundary sixes in bilateral one day series. He needs three more boundary sixes which would fetch him 75 boundary sixes. He scored three boundary sixes in the first game and four boundary sixes in the second game which fetched him 79 boundary sixes. He became the third Australian batsman to score 75 plus sixes in bilateral one day series. Others are SR Watson {93} and AJ Finch {90}

AJ Finch has scored 49 boundary sixes in bilateral one day winning games prior to the start of the ensuing series. One more boundary six would fetch him 50 boundary sixes. He scored three boundary sixes in two games to take his boundary sixes and with it he became  the fifth Australian batsman to score 50 plus  boundary sixes in bilateral one day winning games. Others are – SR Watson {67}, AC Gilchrist {53} and RT Ponting {53} and GJ Maxwell {50}. GJ Maxwell scored three boundary sixes in the first game and four boundary sixes in the second game which fetched him 50 boundary sixes and joined the elite club.

SPD Smith has an aggregate of 1499 runs prior to the start of the series in bilateral one day winning games. One more run would fetch him 1500 runs. He scored 105 runs in the first game and 104 runs in the second game and his run aggregate read 1708 at the end of this game. He became the twelfth Australian batsman to aggregate 1500 plus runs in bilateral one day winning games. The following table lists all the twelve batsmen who have accomplished such a feat.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave
1	RT Ponting	93	91	13	4270	141*	54.74
2	MJ Clarke	94	88	21	3172	105*	47.34
3	SR Watson	76	74	08	2895	185*	43.86
4	AC Gilchrist	65	61	03	2515	128	43.36
5	AJ Finch	49	48	03	2204	153*	48.97
6	DA Warner	44	44	02	2153	179	51.26
7	MEK Hussey	70	59	22	2119	108	57.27
8	SE Marsh	43	43	04	1806	151	46.30
9	SPD Smith	46	38	05	1708	164	51.75
10	A Symonds	52	42	12	1687	156	56.23
11	ME Waugh	35	35	04	1590	133*	51.29
12	GJ Bailey	42	40	08	1515	125*	47.34

AJ Finch scored 60 and V Kohli scored 89 in this game to provide the 167th occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in the same game in the history of one day internationals.  It also provides the ninth such occasion in Australia-India one day series. It also provides the first such occasion in Australia-India one day series played in Australia.

AJ Finch scored 60 in this game to provide the 38th occasion of an Australian captain scoring a fifty against India in one day games. V Kohli scored 89 in this game to provide the 28th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games.

V Kohli’s 89 in this game represent his eighth fifty against Australia as captain. He now shares the record for most fifties by an Indian captain against Australia with MS Dhoni. MS Dhoni has also scored eight fifties against Australia while leading India.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Dhoni	58	2	Aus	Kochi	02 Oct 2007
2	MS Dhoni	50*	1	Aus	Chandigarh	08 Oct 2007
3	MS Dhoni	124	1	Aus	Nagpur	28 Oct 2009
4	MS Dhoni	71*	2	Aus	Delhi	31 Oct 2009
5	MS Dhoni	56	2	Aus	Brisbane	19 Feb 2012
6	MS Dhoni	139*	1	Aus	Mohali	19 Oct 2013
7	MS Dhoni	62	1	Aus	Bengaluru	02 Nov 2013
8	MS Dhoni	65	2	Aus	Sydney	26 Mar 2015
No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli	92	1	Aus	Kolkata	21 Sep 2017
2	V Kohli	104	2	Aus	Adelaide	15 Jan 2019
3	V Kohli	116	1	Aus	Nagpur	05 Mar 2019
4	V Kohli	123	2	Aus	Ranchi	08 Mar 2019
5	V Kohli	82	1	Aus	The Oval	09 Jun 2019
6	V Kohli	78	1	Aus	Rajkot	17 Jan 2020
7	V Kohli	89	2	Aus	Bengaluru	19 Jan 2020
8	V Kohli	89	2	Aus	Sydney	29 Nov 2020

V Kohli’s 89 in this game represent his 17th fifty against Australia as batsman He now occupies the second place in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most fifties against Australia. SR Tendulkar occupies the first place with 24 fifties. V Kohli went past RG Sharma’s 16 fifties on his way to occupy the second place.

V Kohli’s 89 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 2020 runs against Australia. He became the third Indian batsman to total 2000 plus runs against Australia in one day games. Others are SR Tendulkar {3077} and RG Sharma {2208}

V Kohli’s 89 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 1018 runs against Australia while leading India. He became the second Indian captain to total 2000 plus runs against Australia in one day games after MS Dhoni. MS Dhoni has scored 1204 runs against Australia while leading India.

V Kohli’s 89 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 5257 runs while leading India. He now occupies the second place in the list of Indian captaons who have scored most runs in one day games. MS Dhoni occupies the first place with 6641 runs. V Kohli went past M Azahruddin’s 5239 runs on his way to occupy the second place.

V Kohli’s 89 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 2544 runs while leading India on away soil He became the second Indian captain to total 2500 plus runs as captain in one day games on away soil after MS Dhoni. MS Dhoni has scored 2846 runs while leading India on away soil.

Australia won this game by 51 runs to carve its 579th one day win and its 80th one day win against India

KL Rahul scored 76 in this game to provide the 118^th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in one day games. It also provides the 17^th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in one day games against Australia.

AJ Finch-DA Warner added 142 runs for the first wicket and SPD Smith-M Labuschagne added 136 runs for the third wicket this game to provide the 28th occasion of Australia posting two three figure partnership in an innings in one day games. It also provides the ninth such occasion by Australian batsmen against India. It is interesting to note that Sydney has witnessed four such occasions out of the total nine occasions.