On Saturday (2 March 2019), the host side India comfortably won the first ODI of five-match ODI series against Australia at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Hyderabad). With this victory, India has taken the 1-0 lead with four matches to go.
The visiting side Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. However, they managed to score 236/7 in the first innings. In reply, India comfortably chased that target in 48.2 overs after losing four wickets. India won this ODI by six wickets with ten balls to spare.
Brief Scores: Australia – 236/7 in 50 overs (Usman Khawaja 50, Glenn Maxwell 40; Mohammed Shami 2/44)
India – 240/4 in 48.2 overs (Kedar Jadhav 81*, MS Dhoni 59*; Nathan Coulter-Nile 2/46)
Result – India won by six wickets
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(1st innings)
Aaron Finch
i) It was the 100th ODI for the Australian cricketer Aaron Finch.
- Aaron Finch became the 29th Australian cricketer to play 100 or more ODIs for the nation.
ii) Australian captain Aaron Finch got out on a duck in this ODI.
- Aaron Finch became the sixth Australian ODI captain to score a duck against India. Alan Border, Mark Taylor, Steve Waugh, Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting were the other Australian ODI captains with one duck each against India.
Alex Carey-Nathan Coulter-Nile’s Partnership
i) Australian batsmen Alex Carey and Nathan Coulter-Nile had the 62-run partnership for the seventh wicket.
- It was Australia’s second highest seventh-wicket partnership in India in the first innings of an ODI. The record is 102* between Steve Waugh and Greg Dyer against India at Delhi on 2 October 1986.
Australia
i) Australia scored 236/7 after batting full 50 overs.
- Playing full 50 overs in an ODI match, it was Australia’s fifth lowest ODI total against the host side India.
Australia’s five lowest ODI totals against the host India, when they batted full 50 overs
| Total | Venue | Date |
| 215/7 | Bengaluru | 21 October 1996 |
| 222/9 | Kanpur | 7 April 1998 |
| 229/5 | Delhi | 31 October 2009 |
| 235/5 | Kolkata | 18 November 2003 |
| 236/7 | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 2 March 2019 |
(2nd innings)
Shikhar Dhawan
i) Indian opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan got out on a golden duck in this match.
- Shikhar Dhawan is the second Indian opening batsman to score a golden duck against Australia at home ODI. Virender Sehwag was the first Indian opening batsman to achieve this feat, and he did that for only once. It was the Mumbai ODI on 1 November 2003.
- It was the fourth time when an Indian opening batsman got out on a golden duck in an ODI against Australia. After Kris Srikkanth and Virender Sehwag achieved this feat, Shikhar Dhawan has done it twice, including this ODI.
Virat Kohli
i) By the end of this match, Indian cricketer Virat Kohli has scored 12,019 List A runs.
- Virat Kohli is the seventh Indian cricketer to score 12,000+ List A runs. In this same match, MS Dhoni also completed his 13,000 List A runs (fourth Indian batsman to score 13,000+ List A runs).
Indian batsmen who have scored 12,000+ List A runs
| Player | Runs scored |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 21,999 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 15,622 |
| Rahul Dravid | 15,271 |
| MS Dhoni | 13,054 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 12,931 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 12,663 |
| Virat Kohli | 12,019 |
ii) In this decade (2010-2019), Indian cricketer Virat Kohli has scored 18,969 runs in international cricket.
- In a calendar decade, Virat Kohli is the record run-scorer in international cricket. The previous record holder was Ricky Ponting (Australia/ICC World XI) with 18,962 runs (2000-2009).
MS Dhoni-Kedar Jadhav partnership
i) Indian batsmen MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav provided an unbroken 141-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
- It was the second highest fifth-wicket partnership in the second innings of an ODI match in India. The record is a 200-run partnership between Virat Kohli and Kedar Jadhav (India) against England at Pune on 15 January 2017.
- It was the second highest fifth-wicket ODI partnership for India against Australia. The record is a 167-run partnership between Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni at Bengaluru on 2 November 2013.