India-Australia combined ODI XI of the 21st century
Since the start of this 21st century, the Aussies have won 45 out of the 80 ODI games that the two sides have played while India won just 28.
9. Mitchell Johnson
If Brett Lee is at the top of the tree for dominating the wicket charts in India-Australia games, Mitchell Johnson would come second. The left-arm fast bowler always picked wickets when he played against India. In fact, people remember for his red-ball exploits but he had an equally good (if not better) ODI record.
Johnson is the second-highest wicket-taker for Australia against India in ODI cricket. He has picked up 43 wickets at an average of 26.06 and had a strike-rate of 30.7 against them. He may have not picked up wickets in clusters always but he always prized out the key men from the opposition line-up.
Moreover, Johnson could tonk the ball lower down the order. He has played some vital cameos as well. 171 out of his 951 ODI runs have come against India.
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