Australia won the toss and elected to field in this game to provide the 144th occasion of Australia doing so in one-day games. It also provides the 23rd such occasion against India in one day games
India capped R Dhawan and Gurukeerat Singh for this game. They became the 208th and 209th Indian cricketers to represent India in one day games. They also became the 22nd and 23rd Indian cricketers to make their one-day debut against Australia
SK Dhawan and V Kohli added 119 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 378th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one-day games. It also provides the 84th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in one-day games
SK Dhawan and V Kohli added 119 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 50th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in one-day games. It also provides the twelfth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket against Australia in one-day games
V Kohli and AM Rahane added 109 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 379th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one-day games. It also provides the 79th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in one-day games
V Kohli and AM Rahane added 109 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 51st occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Australia in one-day games. It also provides the tenth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket against Australia in one-day games
SK Dhawan-V Kohli added 119 runs for the second wicket and V Kohli-AM Rahane added 109 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 38th occasion of Indian batsmen posting two three figure partnerships in an innings in a one-day game. It also provides the eighth such occasion against Australia.
V Kohli scored 117 in this game to provide the 236th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in one day games. It also provides the 35th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against Australia in one day games.
V Kohli’s 117 in this game represent his fourth century against Australia. He became the fourth Indian batsman to score four or more centuries against Australia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {09}, RG Sharma {05} and VVS Laxman {04}.
V Kohli completed 7000 one day runs during the course of his knock of 117 in this game. His run aggregate at the end of this game read 7098. He reached the milestone when he was on 19 during his knock of 117. He became the eighth Indian batsman to score 7000 plus runs in one day games. The complete list is furnished below
| No |
Player |
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100 |
50 |
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 |
M Azharuddin |
334 |
308 |
54 |
9378 |
153* |
36.92 |
7 |
58 |
9 |
| 5 |
MS Dhoni |
270 |
236 |
66 |
8710 |
183* |
51.23 |
8 |
60 |
7 |
| 6 |
Yuvraj Singh |
290 |
265 |
38 |
8237 |
139 |
36.28 |
13 |
51 |
18 |
| 7 |
V Sehwag |
241 |
235 |
9 |
7995 |
219 |
35.37 |
15 |
37 |
14 |
| 8 |
V Kohli |
169 |
161 |
23 |
7098 |
183 |
51.43 |
24 |
36 |
10 |
V Kohli became the 36th batsman to score 7000 plus runs in one day games. He reached the milestone in 169 matches and 161 innings and earned the distinction of reaching the milestone in least number of matches and innings. The record to reach 7000 runs in least number of matches and innings was held by AB de Villiers of South Africa. He had reached the milestone in 172 matches and 166 innings. AB de Villers had reached his 7000 runs against Australia at Perth on 14.01.14
V Kohli snatched the record for reaching the 7000 runs mark in least number of days from AB de Villiers. AB de Villiers had taken 9 years and 285 days from his debut date 02.02.05. V Kohli reached the land mark in 7 years 152 days from his debut date – 18.08.08
V Kohli’s 117 in this game was his 24th century. He became the fifth batsman in the annals of one day games to score 24 or more centuries. Others are – SR Tendulkar {49}, RT Ponting {30}, ST Jayasuriya {28} and KC Sangakkara {25}
V Kohli’s 117 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 374th occasion of a batsman’s century going in vain in the history of one day games. It also provides the 62nd occasion of an Indian batsman’s century going in vain and also provides the 17th such occasion against Australia.
V Kohli’s 117 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the third occasion of his century going in vain in one day games. It also provides the first such occasion against Australia.
MS Dhoni scored two sixes in this game. He now owns the record for most sixes by a wicket keeper batsman on away soil. He had scored 62 boundary sixes at the end of this game. He went past AC Gilchrist who had scored 61 boundary sixes as a wicket keeper batsman on away soil.
MS Dhoni’s aggregate boundary sixes at the end of this game read 191. He became the second Indian batsman to score 190 plus boundary sixes in one day games after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar had scored 195 boundary sixes.
MS Dhoni now needs five more boundary sixes to own the record of most boundary sixes by an Indian batsman in one day games. If he gets them, he would go past SR Tendulkar who had an aggregate of 195 boundary sixes.
MS Dhoni became the third captain to lead a team in 300 international games comprising of tests, one day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals when he led India in this game. Others are RT Ponting {324} and SP Fleming {303}
MS Dhoni had an aggregate of 1169 runs against Australia prior to the start of the series. He needed 31 more runs for his 1200 runs. At the end of third one day his run aggregate read 1221. He became the second Indian batsman to total 1200 runs against Australia after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar had an aggregate of 3077 runs against Australia
MS Dhoni had an aggregate of 1169 runs against Australia prior to the start of the series. He needed 31 more runs for his 1200 runs. At the end of third one day his run aggregate read 1221. He became the sixth batsman to total 1200 runs in Australia-India one-day series. Others are – SR Tendulkar {3077}, RT Ponting {2164}, AC Gilchrist {1622}, ML Hayden {1450} and DC Boon {1212]
MS Dhoni had an aggregate of 1169 runs against Australia prior to the start of the series. He needed 31 more runs for his 1200 runs. At the end of third one day his run aggregate read 1221. He became the second wicket keeper batsman to total 1200 runs in Australia-India one-day series after AC Gilchrist. AC Gilchrist has an aggregate of 1622 runs
MS Dhoni had scored 1118 runs as captain against Australia in one day games prior to the start of this series. He needs 28 more runs to go past SP Fleming who had an aggregate of 1145 runs as captain against Australia. At the end of the third game at Melbourne. MS Dhoni’s aggregate read 1170. Now he owns the record for most runs by a captain against Australia.
MS Dhoni had scored 188 boundary sixes in his one-day career. He needs two more boundary sixes for his 190 boundary sixes. At the end of the third one-day game at Melbourne. MS Dhoni’s aggregate of boundary sixes read 191. He became the third Indian batsman to score 190 plus boundary sixes. Others are – SR Tendulkar {195} and SC Ganguly {190}
MS Dhoni had an aggregate of 5971 runs representing India in a bilateral series prior to the start of this series. He needed 28 runs for his 6000 runs. At the end of the third one day game at Melbourne, his run aggregate read 6023. He became the second Indian batsman to score 5000 plus runs in a bilateral series after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar has an aggregate of 7215 runs in bilateral series
MS Dhoni had scored 5971 runs representing India as a wicket keeper batsman in a bilateral series. He required 29 more runs for his 6000 runs. At the end of the third one-day game at Melbourne, his run aggregate read 6023. He became the second wicket keeper batsman in the annals of one-day game to score 6000 plus runs in a bilateral series representing a cricketing nation after KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka. KC Sangakkara has an aggregate of 6702 runs while keeping wickets for Sri Lanka in a bilateral series.
GJ Maxwell scored 96 in this game to provide the 73rd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in one day games. It also provides the 14th such occasion against India in one day games
GJ Maxwell scored 96 in this game to provide the second occasion of his scoring a ninety in one day games against India. The other occasions was his 92 at Ranchi on 23.10.13. He became the fifth Australian batsman to score ninety on two occasions against India. Others are – GJ Bailey, AR Border, AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden. The following list furnishes the detailed particulars of these five batsmen
| No |
Player |
Runs |
Inns |
Opposition |
Ground |
Start Date |
| 1 |
GJ Bailey |
92* |
1 |
v India |
Jaipur |
16 Oct 2013 |
| |
GJ Bailey |
98 |
1 |
v India |
Ranchi |
23 Oct 2013 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
AR Border |
90* |
2 |
v India |
Srinagar |
09 Sep 1986 |
| |
AR Border |
91* |
2 |
v India |
Rajkot |
07 Oct 1986 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3 |
AC Gilchrist |
92 |
1 |
v India |
Adelaide |
26 Jan 2000 |
| |
AC Gilchrist |
95 |
2 |
v India |
Sydney |
22 Jan 2004 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4 |
ML Hayden |
99 |
2 |
v India |
Bangalore |
25 Mar 2001 |
| |
ML Hayden |
92 |
2 |
v India |
Chandigarh |
08 Oct 2007 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 5 |
GJ Maxwell |
92 |
1 |
v India |
Ranchi |
23 Oct 2013 |
| |
GJ Maxwell |
96 |
2 |
v India |
Melbourne |
17 Jan 2016 |
S Dhawan’s 68, V Kohli’s 117 and AM Rahane’s 50 provide the 150th, 151st and 152nd occasion of Indian batsmen scoring fifties against Australia in one day games.
V Kohli’s 117 in this game represent his 60th fifty and 24thcentury of his one-day career. AM Rahane’s 50 in this game represent his 17th fifty and 15th half century of his one-day career. S Dhawan’s 68 in this game represent his 24th fifty and 16th half century of his one-day career
The following table shows the performance of S Dhawan, V Kohli and AM Rahane against Australia who had scored fifties in this game.
| No |
Player |
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100 |
50 |
| 1 |
S Dhawan |
13 |
13 |
1 |
422 |
100 |
35.16 |
1 |
3 |
| 2 |
V Kohli |
21 |
19 |
3 |
888 |
118 |
55.50 |
4 |
4 |
| 3 |
AM Rahane |
6 |
5 |
1 |
223 |
89 |
55.75 |
0 |
2 |
S Dhawan {68}, V Kohli {117} and AM Rahane {50} scored fifties in India’s innings to provide the 14th occasion of three or more Indian batsmen scoring fifties against Australia in one-day games.
Australia won this game with seven balls to spare to provide the 52nd occasion of Australia winning a one-day game with single digit balls to spare. It also provides the twelfth such occasion against India in one day games
JW Hastings returned with figures of 4 for 58 in this game to provide the 29th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing four or more wickets against India in one day games. It also provides the 16th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing exact four wickets against India.
JW Hasting’s bowling figures – 4 for 58 – represent the most expensive bowling figure in terms of runs conceded when an Australian bowler captured exact four wickets against India. The previous most expensive bowling figures in this category of statistics belonged to CJ McDermott who had returned with figures of 10.0-0[56-4 at Chennai on 09.10.87. CJ McDermott and JW Hastings are the only two Australian bowlers to concede 50 plus run while capturing exact four wickets in India.
JW Hastings and B Lee share the Australian record for most runs conceded while capturing four or more wickets when a bowler has captured four or more wickets against India. B Lee had figures of 9.1-1-58-5 at Sydney on 24.02.08 and JW Hastings had returned with figures of 10.0-0-58-4.