India v Australia, 2017: 5th ODI – Statistical Preview

The 5-match ODI series between India and Australia will come to an end at Nagpur where the Aussies would like to add one more win to the scorecard of the series which they already lost. The Indian team would look to finish the series with a victory and get into the T20I series with a 4-1 series win behind them as a booster.

Here we look at all the key stats and numbers ahead of the game.

2 – Number of ODI matches India and Australia have played against each other at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur. The Indian team emerged victorious in both these games. They ended up on the losing side in ODIs against Sri Lanka and South Africa while Australia won an ODI against New Zealand at this venue.

4 – Number of losses as captain for Virat Kohli at home in International cricket. All the four losses have come in 2017. India won 24 out of 31 International games under Kohli at home with another three games ending in a draw.

13 – Number of ODI innings Rohit Sharma has played at home without a century. His 71-run inning in the 3rd ODI is his highest individual score since the 150 against South Africa at Kanpur in 2015.

141 – Virat Kohli’s 141 runs in this series are his 2nd lowest in an ODI series at home comprising of four and more ODIs. Only once in the past, Kohli scored less than 180 runs in a home ODI series in which he batted more than three times. He scored 155 runs in the 5-match ODI series against England in 2013.

299.6 – Average first innings total at VCA Stadium in Nagpur. The teams batting first scored 290+ in six off seven ODI games at the venue with totals of 350+ recorded twice.

1992 – Rohit Sharma has aggregated 1992 runs in ODI cricket in India. He needs eight more runs to become the 13th player to score 2000 ODI runs in India. If he completes the milestone in the next three innings, he will be the quickest to reach 2000 ODI runs in India beating Sourav Ganguly’s record (45 innings).

3941 – Rohit has scored 3941 runs in ODI cricket as an opener. He needs 59 more runs to become the 4th Indian opener to score 4000 runs in ODIs. He will also be the 2nd quickest after Hashim Amla to score 4000 runs as an opener in ODIs.

5908 – Runs Rohit has scored in his ODI career so far. He needs to score 92 more runs to become the 9th Indian to aggregate 6000 ODI runs. If he scores 92 in his next innings, he will be the joint 10th quickest to complete 6000 ODI runs.