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Australia won the toss and elected to field in this game to provide the 144^th 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 208^th and 209^th Indian cricketers to represent India in one day games. They also became the 22^nd and 23^rd 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 378^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one-day games. It also provides the 84^th 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 379^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one-day games. It also provides the 79^th 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 38^th 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 236^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in one day games. It also provides the 35^th 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 36^th 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 24^th 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 374^th occasion of a batsman’s century going in vain in the history of one day games. It also provides the 62^nd occasion of an Indian batsman’s century going in vain and also provides the 17^th 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 73^rd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a ninety in one day games. It also provides the 14^th 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 150^th, 151^st and 152^nd occasion of Indian batsmen scoring fifties against Australia in one day games.

V Kohli’s 117 in this game represent his 60th fifty and 24^thcentury of his one-day career. AM Rahane’s 50 in this game represent his 17^th fifty and 15^th half century of his one-day career. S Dhawan’s 68 in this game represent his 24^th fifty and 16^th 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 14^th 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 29^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing four or more wickets against India in one day games. It also provides the 16^th 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.

India has lost sixteen one day games after posting 300 plus runs either in its first innings or second innings. The following table lists all such occasions. The latest one in the list is India’s 308 for 8 against Australia at Brisbane on 15.01.16

India losing the one day games after posting 300 plus runs
No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Res	Margin	BR	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	India	300/7	50.0	2	lost	02 runs		Srl	Col=RPS	17 Aug 1997
2	India	306	47.0	2	Lost	43 runs		NZl	Rajkot	05 Nov 1999
3	India	310	48.5	2	lost	10 runs		RSA	Nagpur	19 Mar 2000
4	India	317	48.4	2	lost	12 runs		Pak	Rawalpindi	16 Mar 2004
5	India	315/6	48.0	1	lost	03 wkts	0	Pak	Ahmedabad	12 Apr 2005
6	India	328	49.4	1	lost	07 runs		Pak	Peshawar	06 Feb 2006
7	India	309/5	50.0	1	lost	29 runs		Win	Kuala Lumpur	14 Sep 2006
8	India	321/9	50.0	1	lost	04 wkts	1	Pal	Mohali	08 Nov 2007
9	India	308/7	50.0	1	lost	08 wkts	27	Pak	Karachi	02 Jul 2008
10	India	347	49.4	2	lost	03 runs		Aus	Hyd-RGS	05 Nov 2009
11	India	301/7	50.0	1	lost	03 wkts	5	Srl	Nagpur	18 Dec 2009
12	India	304/6	50.0	1	lost	06 wkts	10	Eng	Cardiff	16 Sep 2011
13	India	316/9	50.0	2	lost	09 runs		Eng	Rajkot	11 Jan 2013
14	India	303/9	50.0	1	lost	04 wkts	3	Aus	Mohali	19 Oct 2013
15	India	309/3	50.0	1	lost	05 wkts	4	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016
16	India	308/8	50.0	1	lost	07 wkts	6	Aus	Brisbane	15 Jan 2016

There are ten occasions when India could not defend a target of 300 plus runs and six occasions when India could not chase the target. The following table lists all such occasions

India unable to defend a target of 300 plus runs
No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Res	Margin	BR	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	India	315/6	48.0	1	lost	03 wkts	0	Pak	Ahmedabad	12 Apr 2005
2	India	328	49.4	1	lost	07 runs		Pak	Peshawar	06 Feb 2006
3	India	309/5	50.0	1	lost	29 runs		Win	Kuala Lumpur	14 Sep 2006
4	India	321/9	50.0	1	lost	04 wkts	1	Pal	Mohali	08 Nov 2007
5	India	308/7	50.0	1	lost	08 wkts	27	Pak	Karachi	02 Jul 2008
6	India	301/7	50.0	1	lost	03 wkts	5	Srl	Nagpur	18 Dec 2009
7	India	304/6	50.0	1	lost	06 wkts	10	Eng	Cardiff	16 Sep 2011
8	India	303/9	50.0	1	lost	04 wkts	3	Aus	Mohali	19 Oct 2013
9	India	309/3	50.0	1	lost	05 wkts	4	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016
10	India	308/8	50.0	1	lost	07 wkts	6	Aus	Brisbane	15 Jan 2016
India unable to chase the target of 300 plus runs
No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Res	Margin	BR	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	India	300/7	50.0	2	lost	02 runs		Srl	Col=RPS	17 Aug 1997
2	India	306	47.0	2	Lost	43 runs		NZl	Rajkot	05 Nov 1999
3	India	310	48.5	2	lost	10 runs		RSA	Nagpur	19 Mar 2000
4	India	317	48.4	2	lost	12 runs		Pak	Rawalpindi	16 Mar 2004
5	India	347	49.4	2	lost	03 runs		Aus	Hyd-RGS	05 Nov 2009
6	India	316/9	50.0	2	lost	09 runs		Eng	Rajkot	11 Jan 2013

There are three occasions when India could not defend a target of 300 plus runs against Australia and one occasion when India failed to chase the target against Australia.  The following table lists all such occasions

India unable to defend a target of 300 plus runs against Australia
No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Res	Margin	BR	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	India	303/9	50.0	1	lost	04 wkts	3	Aus	Mohali	19 Oct 2013
2	India	309/3	50.0	1	lost	05 wkts	4	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016
3	India	308/8	50.0	1	lost	07 wkts	6	Aus	Brisbane	15 Jan 2016
India unable to chase the target of 300 plus runs against Australia
No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Res	Margin	BR	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	India	347	49.4	2	lost	03 runs		Aus	Hyd-RGS	05 Nov 2009

India has lost eight one day games after posting 300 plus runs either in its first innings or second innings on away grounds and on neutral ground The following table lists all such occasions. The latest one in the list is India’s 308 for 8 against Australia at Brisbane on 15.01.16

India losing the one day games after posting 300 plus runs on away grounds and neutral venues
No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Res	Margin	BR	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	India	300/7	50.0	2	lost	02 runs		Srl	Col-RPS	17 Aug 1997
2	India	317	48.4	2	lost	12 runs		Pak	Rawalpindi	16 Mar 2004
3	India	328	49.4	1	lost	07 runs		Pak	Peshawar	06 Feb 2006
4	India	309/5	50.0	1	lost	29 runs		Win	Kuala Lumpur	14 Sep 2006
4	India	308/7	50.0	1	lost	08 wkts	27	Pak	Karachi	02 Jul 2008
6	India	304/6	50.0	1	lost	06 wkts	10	Eng	Cardiff	16 Sep 2011
7	India	309/3	50.0	1	lost	05 wkts	4	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016
8	India	308/8	50.0	1	lost	07 wkts	6	Aus	Brisbane	15 Jan 2016

India lost the one-day games at Perth and Brisbane despite posting 300 plus runs to provide the third occasion of a team losing consecutive games after posting 300 plus runs. All the three occasions are listed below

No	No	Team	Score	Res	Margin	BR	Bat	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	1	Win	300/5	lost	81 runs		1st	v Ind	Rajkot	12.11.02
	2	Win	324/8	lost	5 wkts	14	1st	v Ind	Ahmedabad	15.11.02
2	1	Aus	336/4	lost	5 wkts	8	1st	v NZl	Auckland	18.02.07
	2	Aus	346/4	lost	1 wkts	3	1st	v NZl	Hamilton	20.02.07
3	1	Ind	309/3	lost	5 wkts	4	1st	v Aus	Perth	12.01.16
	2	Ind	308/8	lost	7 wkts	6	1st	v Aus	Brisbane	15.01.16

RG Sharma scored consecutive centuries against Australia at Perth and Brisbane in the ongoing one day series. At Perth he scored 171 not out and at Brisbane he scored 124. This is the second occasion of his scoring consecutive centuries in his one-day career. He became the thirteenth batsman in the annals of one day games to score consecutive centuries on two or more occasions. The list is led by AB de Villiers of South Africa who has performed the feat on record six occasions. The following table lists the elite thirteen batsmen who have performed the feat.

No	No	Player	Country	Career	100s	From
1	1	de Villiers AB	South Africa	2005-	2	26/08/2007
	2	de Villiers AB	South Africa	2005-	3	24/02/2010
	3	de Villiers AB	South Africa	2005-	2	17/10/2010
	4	de Villiers AB	South Africa	2005-	2	24/02/2011
	5	de Villiers AB	South Africa	2005-	2	22/01/2012
	6	de Villiers AB	South Africa	2005-	2	22/10/2015
2	1	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	1989-2003	3	30/10/1993
	2	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	1989-2003	2	10/11/1996
	3	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	1989-2003	2	11/06/1999
	4	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	1989-2003	2	08/10/2000
3	1	Gayle CH	West Indies	1999-	2	15/11/2002
	2	Gayle CH	West Indies	1999-	2	28/10/2006
	3	Gayle CH	West Indies	1999-	2	24/08/2008
4	1	Jayasuriya ST	Sri Lanka	1989-2011	2	09/01/2003
	2	Jayasuriya ST	Sri Lanka	1989-2011	2	23/07/2004
	3	Jayasuriya ST	Sri Lanka	1989-2011	2	01/07/2006
5	1	Kohli V	India	2008-	2	20/10/2010
	2	Kohli V	India	2008-	2	28/02/2012
	3	Kohli V	India	2008-	2	18/03/2012
6	1	Lara BC	West Indies	1990-2007	2	19/02/1993
	2	Lara BC	West Indies	1990-2007	2	05/01/1997
	3	Lara BC	West Indies	1990-2007	2	17/09/2002
7	1	Sangakkara KC	Sri Lanka	2000-2015	2	04/04/2003
	2	Sangakkara KC	Sri Lanka	2000-2015	2	29/06/2008
	3	Sangakkara KC	Sri Lanka	2000-2015	4	26/02/2015
8	1	Taylor LR	New Zealand	2006-	2	25/10/2011
	2	Taylor LR	New Zealand	2006-	3	28/01/2014
	3	Taylor LR	New Zealand	2006-	2	12/06/2015
9	1	Amla HM	South Africa	2008-	2	15/10/2010
	2	Amla HM	South Africa	2008-	2	06/07/2014
10	1	Gibbs HH	South Africa	1996-2010	3	20/09/2002
	2	Gibbs HH	South Africa	1996-2010	2	25/08/2007
11	1	Guptill MJ	New Zealand	2009-	2	31/05/2013
	2	Guptill MJ	New Zealand	2009-	2	13/03/2015
12	1	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	1998-2010	2	17/04/2002
	2	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	1998-2010	2	30/01/2008
13	1	Sharma RG	India	2007-	2	28/05/2010
	2	Sharma RG	India	2007-	2	12/01/2016
14	1	Taylor BRM	Zimbabwe	2004-2015	2	20/10/2011
	2	Taylor BRM	Zimbabwe	2004-2015	2	07/03/2015

RG Sharma scored consecutive centuries against Australia at Perth and Brisbane in the ongoing one day series.  At Perth he scored 171 not out and at Brisbane he scored 124. This is the second occasion of his scoring consecutive centuries in his one-day career. He became the second Indian batsman to score consecutive centuries on two or more occasions after V Kohli. V Kohli has performed such a feat on two occasions. The performance of these two Indian batsmen is listed below

No	No	Player	Country	Career	100s	From
1	1	Kohli V	India	2008-	2	20/10/2010
	2	Kohli V	India	2008-	2	28/02/2012
	3	Kohli V	India	2008-	2	18/03/2012
2	1	Sharma RG	India	2007-	2	28/05/2010
	2	Sharma RG	India	2007-	2	12/01/2016

 

 

India won the toss and elected to bat in this game to provide the 220th occasion of India doing so in one-day games and the 31^st occasion against Australia.

India lost its first wicket for 9 runs in this game to provide the 17^th occasion of India losing its first wicket for a single digit {0 to 9 runs} against Australia in Australia. It also provides the second occasion of India losing its first wicket for exact nine runs against Australia in Australia. The first such occasion was at Melbourne on 05.02.13

India lost its first wicket for 9 runs in this game to provide the occasion of India losing its first wicket for a single digit {0 to 9 runs} against Australia at Brisbane. India has lost its first wicket for a single digit {0 to 9 runs} against Australia on seven occasions at Sydney and on four occasions at Brisbane.

RG Sharma and V Kohli added 125 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 376^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one-day games. It also provides the 83^nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in one-day games. India became the first team in the history of one-day games to post 375 three figure partnerships.

RG Sharma scored consecutive centuries – 171 not out at Perth on 12.01.16 and 124 at Brisbane on 15.01.16, that is today to provide the 93^rd occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in two or more consecutive innings. His feat provides the ninth occasion of an Indian batsman performing such a feat.

RG Sharma’s consecutive centuries are against Australia. He became the third batsman to score consecutive centuries against Australia. Others are GA Hick of England and VVS Laxman of India.

India posted 308 for 8 in this game to provide the 88^th occasion of India posting a team total of 300 plus runs in one-day games. It also provides the twelfth occasion of India posting a team total of 300 plus runs against Australia in one-day games.

India now holds the record of posting the team total of 300 plus runs on most occasions. It went past Australia which has posted the team total of 300 plus runs on 87 occasions.

RG Sharma was dismissed run out for 124 in this game to provide the 84^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a hundred in the annals of one-day games. It also provides the 17^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a hundred in one-day games and the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a hundred against Australia in one-day games. All the four occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SR Tendulkar	141	1	v Australia	Dhaka	28 Oct 1998
2	RG Sharma	124	1	v Australia	Brisbane	15 Jan 2016
3	VVS Laxman	102	1	v Australia	Gwalior	26 Oct 2003
4	SC Ganguly	100	2	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Jan 2000

RG Sharma became the third Indian batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in a one-day game at Brisbane. Others are M Azharuddin {93} on 01.03.92 and V Kohli {59} on 15.01.16 in today’s game.

V Kohli was dismissed run out after scoring 59 in this game to provide the 88th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a half century in one-day games and also provides the 15^th such occasion against Australia in one-day games.

V Kohli became the second Indian batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring a half century in a one-day game at Brisbane. M Azharuddin was the other batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring 93 at Brisbane on 01.03.92

V Kohli’s run out in this game provide the eleventh occasion of his being dismissed run out in his one-day career, while RG Sharma’s run out in this game provide the ninth occasion of his being dismissed run out in his one-day career.

V Kohli has been dismissed run out after scoring fifty on five occasions {once after scoring a century and on four occasions after scoring a half century}, while RG Sharma has been dismissed run out on three occasions after scoring a fifty {once after scoring a hundred and on two occasions after scoring a half century}

Indian innings witnessed three run outs – RG Sharma, V Kohli and RA Jadeja – to provide the 54^th occasion of three or more batsmen dismissed run out in an Indian innings. It also provides the 12^th such occasion against Australia.

RG Sharma’s 124, V Kohli’s 59 and AM Rahane’s 89 in this game provide the 147^th,148th and 149^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in one-day games.

RG Sharma and V Kohli scored their seventh fifty against Australia when they scored 124 and 59 respectively in this game. AM Rahane’s 89 represent his first fifty against Australia. AM Rahane became the 39^th Indian batsman to score a fifty against Australia.

RG Sharma’s 124 represent his 37^th  fifty and tenth century of his one-day career. V Kohli’s 91 in this game represent his 59^th fifty and 35^th half century of his one-day career. AM Rahane’s 89 in this game represent his 16^th fifty and 14^th half century of his one-day career,

AM Rahane became the second Indian batsman to score exact 89 against Australia in a one-day game after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar had scored 89 at Bangalore on 12.11.03.

RG Sharma’s 124 in this game was his tenth hundred in one-day games. He became the eighth Indian batsman to score ten or more centuries in one-day games. Others are – SR Tendulkar {49}. V Kohli {23}, SC Ganguly {22}, V Sehwag {15}, Yuvraj Singh {13}, R Dravid {12} and G Gambhir {11}

RG Sharma with his ten centuries became the 40^th batsman in the annals of one-day games to score ten or more centuries.

RG Sharma was dismissed run out for 124 in this game to provide the 48^th occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century in the annals of one-day games. It also provides the fourth occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out against Australia after scoring a century in one-day games

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SR Tendulkar	141	1	Ind	Aus	Dhaka	28 Oct 1998
2	RG Sharma	124	1	Ind	Aus	Brisbane	15 Jan 2016
3	MS Atapattu	101	1	Srl	Aus	Sydney	09 Jan 2003
4	SC Ganguly	100	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	12 Jan 2000

RG Sharma became the third Indian opening batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring a century against Australia in one day games

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SR Tendulkar	141	1	Ind	Aus	Dhaka	28 Oct 1998
2	RG Sharma	124	1	Ind	Aus	Brisbane	15 Jan 2016
3	SC Ganguly	100	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	12 Jan 2000

AJ Finch {71} and SE Marsh {71} scored fifties in this game to provide the tenth occasion of Australian openers scoring fifties against India in a one-day game.

AJ Finch and SE Marsh added 145 plus runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 348^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one-day games. It also provides the 79th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in one-day games

AJ Finch and SE Marsh added 145 plus runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 57^th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India in one-day games. It also provides the 16^thoccasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in one-day games

India posted 308 for 8 in this game to provide the 12^th occasion of India posting a total of 300 plus runs against Australia in one-day games. It also provides the 38^th occasion of a team posting a total of 300 plus runs against Australia in one-day games

India’s 308 for 8 in this game provide the fourth occasion of a team posting a team total of 300 plus runs in one-day games. All four occasions are listed below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	308/8	50.0	1	v Australia	Brisbane	15 Jan 2016
2	Sri Lanka	306	49.2	2	v Australia	Brisbane	04 Mar 2012
3	India	303/4	50.0	1	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Jan 2004
4	England	300/8	50.0	1	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Jan 2014

Thus India’s 308 for 8 in this game represent the highest team total by a visiting team at Brisbane against Australia

India’s 308 for 8 in this game provide the second occasion of a India posting a team total of 300 plus runs in one-day games. Both the  occasions are listed below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	308/8	50.0	1	v Australia	Brisbane	15 Jan 2016
3	India	303/4	50.0	1	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Jan 2004

Thus India’s 308 for 8 in this game represent the highest team total by India at Brisbane against Australia

RG Sharma {124}, V Kohli {59} and AM Rahane {89} scored fifties in India’s innings to provide the 13^th occasion of three or more Indian batsmen scoring fifties against Australia in one-day games. It also provides the second such occasion against Australia at Brisbane. On 18.01.04 – three Indian batsmen – SR Tendulkar {86}, VVS Laxman {103} and R Dravid {74] – had scored fifties against Australia at Brisbane

AJ Finch {71}, SE Marsh {71} and GJ Bailey {76*} scored fifties in Australia’s innings to provide the 16^th occasion of three or more Australian batsmen scoring fifties against India in one-day games.

This match witnessed six fifties – three by Indian batsmen and three by Australian batsmen – to provide the 51^st occasion of a one-day game witnessing six or more fifties in the annals of one day games

This match witnessed six fifties – three by Indian batsmen and three by Australian batsmen – to provide the third occasion of a one-day game witnessing six or more fifties in one day games played between Australia and India. The other two occasions are – Jaipur one-day game on 16.10.13 witnessed eight fifties and Vishakhapatnam game on 20.10.10 witnessed six fifties.

Australia won this game with six balls to spare to provide the 51st occasion of Australia winning a one-day game with single digit balls to spare. It also provides the eleventh such occasion against India in one day games

Australia scored 309 for 3 in this game to provide the 88^th occasion of Australia posting a team total of 300 plus runs in one-day game. Australia now share the record for posting team total of 300 plus runs in a one-day game with India. India has also posted the team total of 300 plus run on 88 occasions.

India posted 308 for 8 and Australia posted 309 for 3 in this game to provide the 89th occasion of both the team posting 300 plus runs in the annals of one day games.

India posted 308 for 8 in this game and ended up in a losing cause to provide the 91st occasion of a team losing a one-day game after posting 300 plus runs. It also provides the 16^th occasion of India losing a one-day game after posting 300 plus runs and third such occasion against Australia.

India lost the one-day game at Perth and Brisbane despite posting 300 plus runs to provide the third occasion of a team losing consecutive games after posting 300 plus runs. All the three occasions are listed below

No	Team	Result	Margin	BR	Bat	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Win	lost	81 runs		1st	Ind	Rajkot	12 Nov 2002
	Win	lost	5 wickets	14	1st	Ind	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2002
2	Aus	lost	5 wickets	8	1st	NZl	Auckland	18 Feb 2007
	Aus	lost	1 wickets	3	1st	NZl	Hamilton	20 Feb 2007
3	Ind	lost	5 wickets	4	1st	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016
	Ind	lost	7 wickets	6	1st	Aus	Brisbane	15 Jan 2016

India had won the toss and elected to bat first and lost this game to provide the 105^th occasion of India losing a one-day game after winning the toss and opted to bat first

India had won the toss and elected to bat first and posted 300 plus runs. India lost this game to provide the seventh occasion of India losing a one-day game after winning the toss ,opted to bat first and after posting a total of 300 plus runs. All the seven occasions are listed below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Result	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	315/6	48.0	1	lost	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	12 Apr 2005
2	India	309/5	50.0	1	lost	v West Indies	Kuala Lumpur	14 Sep 2006
3	India	321/9	50.0	1	lost	v Pakistan	Mohali	08 Nov 2007
4	India	308/7	50.0	1	lost	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Jul 2008
5	India	301/7	50.0	1	lost	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	18 Dec 2009
6	India	309/3	50.0	1	lost	v Australia	Perth	12 Jan 2016
7	India	308/8	50.0	1	lost	v Australia	Brisbane	15 Jan 2016

 

India won the toss and elected to bat in this game to provide the 219th occasion of India doing so against Australia in one day games

Australia capped SM Boland and J Paris for this game. He became the 211^th and 212^th cricketers to represent Australia in one day games. He also became the 19^th and 20^th Australian cricketer to make his one-day debut against India in one day games

India capped BB Sran for this game. He became the 207th cricketer to represent India in one day games. He also became the 20th Indian cricketer to make his one-day debut against Australia in one day games

RG Sharma and V Kohli added 207 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 375^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. It also provides the 82^nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in one day games. India became the first team in the history of one day games to post 375 three figure partnerships.

RG Sharma and V Kohli added 207 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 47th 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 second wicket against Australia in one day games

RG Sharma and V Kohli added 207 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 23rd occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership in one day games. It also provides the eighth occasion of Indian batsmen posting 150 plus partnership for the second wicket in one day games

RG Sharma and V Kohli added 207 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the second occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership against Australia in one day games. It also provides the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus partnership for the second wicket against Australia in one day games thus constituting a record partnership by Indian batsmen against Australia for the second wicket. The previous best was the 199 runs partnership between SR Tendulkar and VVS Laxman at Indore on 31.03.01

It is interesting to note thst RG Sharma has been a partner on five occasions when India posted 150 plus runs partnership against Australia which is a record against Australia. SR Tendulkar and VVS Laxman have partnered three 150 plus runs partnerships against Australia

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	176	2	v Australia	Jaipur	16 Oct 2013
2	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	186*	2	v Australia	Jaipur	16 Oct 2013
3	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	178	2	v Australia	Nagpur	30 Oct 2013
4	MS Dhoni, RG Sharma	5	167	1	v Australia	Bangalore	02 Nov 2013
5	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	207	1	v Australia	Perth	12 Jan 2016

RG Sharma scored 171 not out in this game to provide the 234th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. It also provides the 33rd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a hundred against Australia in one day games.

RG Sharma scored 171 not out in this game to provide the 123rd occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. It also provides the 18th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a hundred against Australia in one day games.

RG Sharma scored 171 not out in this game to provide the 21^st occasion of an Indian batsman scoring 150 plus runs in one day games. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman scoring 150 plus runs against Australia in one day games.

RG Sharms scored 171 not out in this game to provide the 15th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a hundred against Australia in one day games.

RG Sharma’s 171 not out in this game represent his fourth score of 150 plus runs. He became the second Indian batsman to score four or more scores of 150 plus runs after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar has scored five scores of 150 plus runs.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RG Sharma	209	1	v Australia	Bangalore	02 Nov 2013
2	RG Sharma	264	1	v Sri Lanka	Kolkata	13 Nov 2014
3	RG Sharma	150	2	v South Africa	Kanpur	11 Oct 2015
4	RG Sharma	171*	1	v Australia	Perth	12 Jan 2016
1	SR Tendulkar	186*	1	v New Zealand	Hyd-RGS	08 Nov 1999
2	SR Tendulkar	152	1	v Namibia	Pietermaritzburg	23 Feb 2003
3	SR Tendulkar	163*	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Mar 2009
4	SR Tendulkar	175	2	v Australia	Hyd-RGS	05 Nov 2009
5	SR Tendulkar	200*	1	v South Africa	Gwalior	24 Feb 2010

RG Sharma’s 171 not out in this game represent his fourth score of 150 plus runs as an opening batsman.  He became the second Indian opening batsman to score four or more scores of 150 plus runs after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar has scored five scores of 150 plus runs.

RG Sharma’s 171 not out in this game represent his fourth score of 150 plus runs. He became the fourth batsman to score four or more scores of 150 plus runs in the annals of one day games. Others are SR Tendulkar 05}, CH Gayle {05} and ST Jayasuriya {04}

V Kohli scored 91 in this game to provide the 90th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety in one day games. It also provides the ninth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety against Australia in one day games. It also reperents the fourth score of ninety for V Kohli.

RG Sharma’s aggregate of boundary sixes at the end of this game read 105. RG Sharma had scored 98 boundary sixes in his one-day career. Two boundary sixes in this game fetched him 100 boundary sixes. He became the seventh Indian batsman to score 100 plus boundary sixes. Others are – SR Tendulkar {195}, SC Ganguly 190}, MS Dhoni {188}, Yuvraj Singh {148}, V Sehwag {136} and SK Raina {120}

RG Sharma’s aggregate of boundary sixes at the end of this game read 105. RG Sharma had scored 98 boundary sixes in his one-day career. Two boundary sixes in this game fetched him 100 boundary sixes. He became the 29th batsman to score 100 plus boundary sixes in the annals of one day games.

India posted 309 for 3 in this game to provide the 86^th occasion of India posting a team total of 300 plus runs in one day games. It also provides the eleventh occasion of India posting a team total of 300 plus runs against Australia in one day games.

India now holds the record of posting the team total of 300 plus runs on most occasions. It went past Australia which has posted the team total of 300 plus runs on 86 occasions.

GJ Bailey and SPD Smith added 242 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 347th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. It also provides the 71st occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in one day games.

GJ Bailey and SPD Smith added 242 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 56th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India in one day games. It also provides the tenth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India  for the third wicket in one day games.

GJ Bailey and SPD Smith added 242 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the fourth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership against India in one day games. It also provides the second occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket against India in one day games.

GJ Bailey and SPD Smith added 242 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for any wicket against India in one day games. The previous best was the 234 runs unfinished partnership for the third wicket between RT Ponting and DR Martyn at Johannesburg on 23.03.03. The four occasions of 200 plus runs partnerships by Australian batsmen against India are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GJ Bailey, SPD Smith	3	242	2	v India	Perth	12 Jan 2016
2	DR Martyn, RT Ponting	3	234*	1	v India	Johannesburg	23 Mar 2003
3	ML Hayden, RT Ponting	2	219	1	v India	Visakhapatnam	03 Apr 2001
4	DC Boon, GR Marsh	1	212	1	v India	Jaipur	07 Sep 1986

GJ Bailey and SPD Smith added 242 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the third wicket against India in one day games. The previous best was the 234 runs unfinished partnership for the third wicket between RT Ponting and DR Martyn at Johannesburg on 23.03.03. The two occasions of 200 plus runs partnerships by Australian batsmen against India are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GJ Bailey, SPD Smith	3	242	2	v India	Perth	12 Jan 2016
2	DR Martyn, RT Ponting	3	234*	1	v India	Johannesburg	23 Mar 2003

One day cricket witnessed two 200 plus runs partnerships in a one day game for the first time. In Indian innings – RG Sharma-V Kohli posted 207 runs for the second wicket. Australian innings saw GJ Bailey-SPD Smith posting 242 runs for the third wicket.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	207	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016
2	GJ Bailey, SPD Smith	3	242	2	Aus	Ind	Perth	12 Jan 2016

GJ Bailey {112} and SPD Smith {149} scored centuries in this game to provide the 189^thand 190th occasion of Australian batsmen scoring centuries in a one-day game. It also provides the 33^rd and 34th occasion of Australian batsmen scoring centuries in a one-day game against India.

SPD Smith {149} scored hundred in this game to provide the 40th occasion of Australian captain scoring centuries in a one-day game. It also provides the eighth occasion of Australian captain scoring hundred in a one-day game against India.

RG Sharma {171 not out} for India and GJ Bailey {112} and SPD Smith {149} scored centuries in this game to provide the 31^st occasion of three or more batsmen scoring centuries in a one-day game in the history of one day internationals.

The aggregate runs of three centurions worked out to 432 in this game to provide the fifth occasion of aggregate runs exceeding 400 plus runs when a one-day game witnessed three or more centuries

The aggregate runs of three centurions worked out to 432 in this game to provide the third occasion of aggregate runs exceeding 400 plus runs when a one-day game witnessed exact three or more centuries

The aggregate runs of three centurions worked out to 432 in this game to provide the highest aggregate runs when a one-day game witnessed exact three centuries. The previous best was 430 runs in the game between South Africa and West Indies at Johannesburg on 18.01.15.

Australia scored 310 for 5 in this game to provide the 87^th occasion of Australia posting a team total of 300 plus runs in one-day game. Australia now share the record for posting team total of 300 plus runs in a one-day game with India. India has also posted the team total of 300 plus run on 87 occasions.

India posted 309 for 3 and Australia posted 310 for 5 in this game to provide the 88th occasion of both the team posting 300 plus runs in the annals of one day games.

India posted 309 for 3 in this game and ended up in a losing cause to provide the 90th occasion of a team losing a one day game after posting 300 plus runs. It also provides the 15^th occasion of India losing a one-day game after posting 300 plus runs and second such occasion against Australia.

GJ Bailey {112} and SPD Smith {149} scored centuries in this game to provide the 134th occasion of two batsmen scoring two or more centuries in an innings in the annals of one day games. It also provides the 14th such occasion by Australian batsmen in one day games.

GJ Bailey {112} and SPD Smith {149} scored centuries in this game to provide the fifth occasion of two Australian batsmen scoring two centuries in an innings against India in one day games.

Australia won this game with four balls to spare to provide the 50th occasion of Australia winning a one day game with single digit balls to spare. It also provides the tenth such occasion against India in one day games

RG Sharma had an aggregate of 856 runs against Australia. He needed 144 runs for his 1000 runs. He scored 171 not out in this game and at the end of this game his run aggregate against Australia read 1027. He became the third Indian batsman to total 1000 plus runs against Australia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {3077} and MS Dhoni {1187}

RG Sharma had scored 30 boundary sixes against Australia prior to the start of the series. He scored seven boundary sixes which fetched him 37 sixes at the end of this game. He now owns the distinction of scoring most boundary sixes by an Indian batsman against Australia. SR Tendulkar has scored 35 boundary sixes

RG Sharma had scored 30 boundary sixes against Australia prior to the start of the series. He scored seven boundary sixes which fetched him 37 sixes at the end of this game. He now owns the distinction of scoring most boundary sixes by a batsman in Australia-India one-day series. SR Tendulkar has scored 35 boundary sixes and RT Ponting has scored 32 boundary sixes

RG Sharma’s 171 not out and V Kohli’d 91 in this game provide the 145^th and 146th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in one day games.

RG Sharma and V Kohli scored their sixth fifty against Australia when they scored 171 not out and 91 respectively in this game.

RG Sharma’s 171 not out represent his 36^th fifty and ninth century of his one-day career. V Kohli’s 91 in this game represent his 58^th fifty and 35^th half century of his one-day career

GJ Bailey’s 112 in this game represent his 20th fifty and third century of his one-day career. SPD Smith’s 149 represent his 13^th fifty and fifth century of his one-day career

GJ Bailey’s 112 in this game represent his fifth fifty and second century against India. SPD Smith’s 149 represent his second fifty and second century against India

Result summary of the games between the two teams read thus

Team	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR
Australia	1980-2016	119	69	40	0	10
India	1980-2016	119	40	69	0	10

RG Sharma’s 171 not out in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 60^th occasion of an Indian batsman’s century going in vain. It also provides the 15^th such occasion by Indian batsman against Australia.

RG Sharma’s 171 not out in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 12th occasion of a batsman’s 150 plus runs going in vain. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman’s 150 plus runs in a losing cause in one day games. They are as furnished below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SR Tendulkar	175	2	v Australia	Hyd-RGS	05 Nov 2009
2	RG Sharma	171*	1	v Australia	Perth	12 Jan 2016
3	RG Sharma	150	2	v South Africa	Kanpur	11 Oct 2015

RG Sharma became the second batsman in the annals of one day games to witness two of his knocks of 150 plus runs going in vain. The other batsman to undergo such an ignominy is TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka. The following table lists out the 150 plus runs knocks of these two batsmen which could not fetch a win for their teams

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	TM Dilshan	160	2	Srl	Ind	Rajkot	15 Dec 2009
2	TM Dilshan	160*	1	Srl	Ind	Hobart	28 Feb 2012
1	RG Sharma	150	2	Ind	RSA	Kanpur	11 Oct 2015
2	RG Sharma	171*	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016

RG Sharma had scored 23 boundary sixes against Australia in a bilateral series. He needed two more boundary sixes for his 25 boundary sixes. He scored seven boundary sixes in his game and his aggregate of boundary sixes read 30 at the end of this game. He became the first Indian batsman to score 25 boundary sixes against Australia in a bilateral series.

RG Sharma had scored 23 boundary sixes against Australia in a bilateral series. He needed two more boundary sixes for his 25 boundary sixes. He scored seven boundary sixes in his game and his aggregate of boundary sixes read 30 at the end of this game. He became the third batsman to score 25 boundary sixes against Australia in a bilateral series. The other two are – EJG Morgan of England {31} and KA Pollard of West Indies {24}.

RG Sharma also became the second batsman to score 30 plus boundary sixes against Australia in a bilateral series after EJG Morgan. EJG Morgan has scored 31 boundary fours

RG Sharma is one of the three batsmen to score 30 plus boundary sixes against Australia in one day games. SR Tendulkar {35}, EJG Morgan {34} and RG Sharma {30} are the batsmen who have scored 30 plus sixes against Australia.  He scored seven boundary sixes in this game and his aggregate of boundary sixes read 37 at the end of this game. RG Sharma now owns the record for most boundary sixes by a batsman against Australia in one day games. He went past SR Tendulkar who had scored 35 boundary sixes against Australia and held the record previously.

RG Sharma had an aggregate of 492 runs against Australia in a bilateral series. He needed eight more runs for his 500 runs. He scored 171 not out in this game and his run aggregate read 663 at the end of this game. He became the fourth Indian batsman to score 500 runs in a bilateral series against Australia. Others are – SR Tendulkar {833}, MS Dhoni {706} and V Kohli {502}

MS Dhoni had played 99 innings as wicket keeper batsman on away soil. His first one-day game’s innings at Perth was his 100^th innings. He becomes the third batsman in the annals of one-day game to play 100 innings on away soil as a wicket keeper batsman. Others are – KC Sangakkara {132} and AC Gilchrist {102}

RG Sharma’s 171 not out in this game represent the highest individual innings by a visiting batsman against Australia in Australia. The previous best was 153 not out by IVA Richards of West Indies at Melbourne on 09.12.79. RG Sharma and IVA Richards are the only two visiting batsmen to score 150 plus runs against Australia in Australia.

RG Sharma’s 171 not out in this game provide the 50^th occasion of a visiting batsman scoring a hundred against Australia in Australia.

RG Sharma’s 171 not out in this game provide his second century against Australia in Australia. Prior to this knock he had scored 139 at Melbourne on 18.01.15. He became the ninth batsman in the annals of one day games to score two or more centuries against Australia in Australia. The following table lists the performance of these nine batsmen

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	DL Haynes	108*	1	Win	Aus	Sydney	17 Jan 1984
	2	DL Haynes	123*	2	Win	Aus	Melbourne	6 Jan 1985
2	1	GA Hick	108	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	17 Jan 1999
	2	GA Hick	109	2	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	26 Jan 1999
3	1	ST Jayasuriya	122	1	Srl	Aus	Sydney	09 Jan 2003
	2	ST Jayasuriya	114	1	Srl	Aus	Sydney	22 Jan 2006
4	1	BC Lara	102	2	Win	Aus	Brisbane	05 Jan 1997
	2	BC Lara	116*	2	Win	Aus	Sydney	17 Jan 2001
5	1	VVS Laxman	103*	1	Ind	Aus	Brisbane	18 Jan 2004
	2	VVS Laxman	106*	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	22 Jan 2004
6	1	EJG Morgan	106	1	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	17 Jan 2014
	2	EJG Morgan	121	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	16 Jan 2015
7	1	IVA Richards	153*	1	Win	Aus	Melbourne	09 Dec 1979
	2	IVA Richards	106	1	Win	Aus	Melbourne	22 Jan 1984
	3	IVA Richards	103*	2	Win	Aus	Sydney	15 Jan 1985
8	1	RG Sharma	138	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	18 Jan 2015
	2	RG Sharma	171*	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016
9	1	IJL Trott	102	1	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	26 Jan 2011
	2	IJL Trott	137	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	02 Feb 2011

RG Sharma’s 171 not out in this game provide his second century against Australia in Australia. Prior to this knock he had scored 139 at Melbourne on 18.01.15. He became the second Indian batsman to score two centuries against Australia in Australia after VVS Laxman. The following table lists the performance of these two batsmen

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	VVS Laxman	103*	1	Ind	Aus	Brisbane	18 Jan 2004
	2	VVS Laxman	106*	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	22 Jan 2004
2	1	RG Sharma	138	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	18 Jan 2015
	2	RG Sharma	171*	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016

The three centuries scored in this game – RG Sharma {171 not out}, GJ Bailey {112} and SPD Smith {149} bear the numbers 196th, 197th and 198^th hundreds scored by batsmen on Australian soil. RG Sharma’s 171 not out represent the fifth highest individual score by a batsman on Australian soil. All the five centuries are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	215	1	Win	Zim	Canberra	24 Feb 2015
2	DA Warner	178	1	Aus	Afg	Perth	04 Mar 2015
3	ME Waugh	173	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	09 Feb 2001
4	AC Gilchrist	172	1	Aus	Zim	Hobart	16 Jan 2004
5	RG Sharma	171*	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016

RG Sharma’s 171 not out in this game represent the second highest individual score in a one-day game played at Perth. The best score is 178 by DA Warner of Australia against Afghanistan on 04.03.15

The following table lists the sixteen occasions of batsman scoring 150 plus runs on Australian soil

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	215	1	Win	Zim	Canberra	24 Feb 2015
2	DA Warner	178	1	Aus	Afg	Perth	04 Mar 2015
3	ME Waugh	173	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	09 Feb 2001
4	AC Gilchrist	172	1	Aus	Zim	Hobart	16 Jan 2004
5	RG Sharma	171*	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016
6	DA Warner	163	1	Aus	Srl	Brisbane	04 Mar 2012
7	AB de Villiers	162*	1	RSA	Win	Sydney	27 Feb 2015
8	SR Watson	161*	2	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	16 Jan 2011
9	TM Dilshan	161*	1	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
10	TM Dilshan	160*	1	Srl	Ind	Hobart	28 Feb 2012
11	HM Amla	159	1	RSA	Ire	Canberra	03 Mar 2015
12	DI Gower	158	1	Eng	NZl	Brisbane	15 Jan 1983
13	BC Lara	156	1	Win	Pak	Adelaide	28 Jan 2005
14	AC Gilchrist	154	1	Aus	Srl	Melbourne	07 Feb 1999
15	IVA Richards	153*	1	Win	Aus	Melbourne	09 Dec 1979
16	A Symonds	151	1	Aus	Srl	Sydney	12 Feb 2006

AC Gilchrist, DA Warner are the two Australian batsmen to score 150 plus runs on Australian soil on two occasions, while TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka is the only visiting batsman to perform such a feat of scoring 150 plus runs on two occasions on Australian soil

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AC Gilchrist	154	1	Aus	Srl	Melbourne	07 Feb 1999
	AC Gilchrist	172	1	Aus	Zim	Hobart	16 Jan 2004
2	DA Warner	163	1	Aus	Srl	Brisbane	04 Mar 2012
	DA Warner	178	1	Aus	Afg	Perth	04 Mar 2015
3	TM Dilshan	160*	1	Srl	Ind	Hobart	28 Feb 2012
	TM Dilshan	161*	1	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015

There are seven occasions of Australian batsmen scoring 150 plus runs on Australian soil and nine occasions of visiting batsmen scoring 150 plus runs on Australian soil. The details are furnished below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DA Warner	178	1	Aus	Afg	Perth	04 Mar 2015
2	ME Waugh	173	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	09 Feb 2001
3	AC Gilchrist	172	1	Aus	Zim	Hobart	16 Jan 2004
4	DA Warner	163	1	Aus	Srl	Brisbane	04 Mar 2012
5	SR Watson	161*	2	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	16 Jan 2011
6	AC Gilchrist	154	1	Aus	Srl	Melbourne	07 Feb 1999
7	A Symonds	151	1	Aus	Srl	Sydney	12 Feb 2006
1	CH Gayle	215	1	Win	Zim	Canberra	24 Feb 2015
2	RG Sharma	171*	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016
3	AB de Villiers	162*	1	RSA	Win	Sydney	27 Feb 2015
4	TM Dilshan	161*	1	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
5	TM Dilshan	160*	1	Srl	Ind	Hobart	28 Feb 2012
6	HM Amla	159	1	RSA	Ire	Canberra	03 Mar 2015
7	DI Gower	158	1	Eng	NZl	Brisbane	15 Jan 1983
8	BC Lara	156	1	Win	Pak	Adelaide	28 Jan 2005
9	IVA Richards	153*	1	Win	Aus	Melbourne	09 Dec 1979

RG Sharma’s 171 not out is the second highest individual score by a visiting batsman on Australian soil. The best score is CH Gayle’s 215 against Zimbabwe at Canberra on 24.02.15

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	215	1	Win	Zim	Canberra	24 Feb 2015
2	RG Sharma	171*	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016