India vs Australia 3rd ODI Stats Preview: Players' records and approaching milestones
Both India and Australia, eye series win at Chennai.
After levelling the series with a thumping ten-wicket win in the second ODI against team India in Vishakhapatnam, Australia will be high on confidence going into the decider. India, on the hand, would look to erase the memory and seek improved batting performances going into the last game. Both teams will meet each other for one last time in the three-match-ODI series to be played at the famous M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on March 22.
Talking about the second game, Australia won the crucial toss and opted to bowl first; Mitchell Starc ran through the Indian top-order batters with his fiery bowling spell in the powerplay. Virat Kohli was the only top-order batter who looked cheerful, scoring 31 runs that included four fours.
Axar Patel remained unbeaten in run a ball 29 but hardly got support from the other batters. Mitchell Starc registered his ninth five wicket-haul to help the Aussies bowl out India for 117 runs in 26 overs. Sean Abbott and Nathan Ellis chipped in with three and two wickets, respectively.
In response to 117, Australian openers toyed with a potent Indian bowling attack smacking them all round the ground. Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh rose to their respective fifties in no time to help Australia ease the chase by ten wickets in 11 overs.
Meanwhile let us look at the stats and number ahead of the 3rd ODI between India and Australia
India vs Australia Head-to-Head: India and Australia have met in 145 ODIs in which Australia won the contest on 81 occasions, and India won on 54 occasions; ten games haven’t yielded results. In India, both teams have played 66 games, India winning 30 games and losing 31 games, with five games ending in no-result.
2 – Rohit Sharma (898) needs two fours to complete 900 fours in ODIs.
1 – Mohammed Siraj (99) is one scalp away from reaching 100 wickets across formats.
61 – Steven Smith (4939) is 61 runs short of reaching the milestone of 5000 ODI runs.
1 – Mohammed Siraj (49) is one game away from appearing in 50 international matches.
39 – Mitchell Marsh (1961) requires 39 runs to get to 2000 runs in ODIs.
12 – Glenn Maxwell (5988) is 12 runs short of reaching 6000 runs across formats.
2 – Mitchell Starc (598) needs two wickets to get to 600 wickets in international cricket.
46 – KL Rahul (1954) requires 46 runs to reach 2000 runs in ODIs.
3 – Steven Smith (47) needs three sixes to reach 50 maximums in the ODI format.
8 – David Warner (92) requires eight sixes to complete 100 maximums in ODIs.
1 – Mitchell Marsh (149) is one game away from featuring in 150 international matches.
10 – David Warner (990) needs ten runs to get to 1000 ODI runs against India.
5 – KL Rahul (45) is five sixes away from completing 50 maximums in the ODI format.
121 – Travis Head (1879) requires 121 runs to reach 2000 runs in the 50-overs format.
5 – Shubman Gill (145) needs five fours to get to 150 fours in the 50-overs format.
5 – Suryakumar Yadav (45) requires five fours to get to 50 fours in ODIs.
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