India vs Australia 2019, 2nd ODI – Statistical Highlights

Mar 6, 2019 at 10:22 AM

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India vs Australia 2019, 2nd ODI – Statistical Highlights

On Tuesday (5 March), the host side India snatched a thrilling eight-run victory against Australia in the second ODI of the series at Nagpur. India is now leading the five-match ODI series by 2-0 with three to go.

The visiting side Australia decided to field first after winning the toss. Before losing their all wickets, India managed to score 250 runs in 48.2 overs. In reply, Australia lost their all wickets on 242 runs (49.3 overs).

Brief Scores: India – 250 in 48.2 overs (Virat Kohli 116, Vijay Shankar 46; Pat Cummins 4/29)

Australia – 242 in 49.3 overs (Marcus Stoinis 52, Peter Handscomb 48; Kuldeep Yadav 3/54)

Result – India won by eight runs

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

(Teams’ Stats)

India

i) The host side India successfully defended their first innings total of 250 runs.

  • India’s second-lowest successfully defended ODI total at home against Australia. The record is 193 runs at Ahmedabad on 5 October 1986. 

 

ii) India won their 500th ODI match.

  • India is the second team to win 500 or more ODI matches. Australia was the first team to achieve this feat as they have won 558 ODI matches.                                            

 

(Players’ Stats)

Rohit Sharma

i) Indian opener Rohit Sharma scored a duck in this ODI.

  • It was Rohit Sharma’s first ODI duck at home.

 

Virat Kohli

India, Australia
Virat Kohli (Image Credit: Getty Images)

i) Playing his 159th international innings as captain, Virat Kohli (9,094 runs) completed his 9,000 runs.

  • Virat Kohli is the fastest captain to score 9,000 international runs. The previous record holder was Ricky Ponting who had achieved this feat in 203 international innings. 
  • Virat Kohli is the sixth captain to score 9,000 international runs. 

Captains who have scored 9,000 international runs

Player (Team) Matches Innings Runs scored Average
 Ricky Ponting (Australia/ICC World XI) 324 376 15,440 45.54
Graeme Smith (South Africa/Africa XI/ICC World XI) 286 368 14,878 43.12
Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) 303 348 11,561 35.68
MS Dhoni (India) 332 330 11,207 46.89
Allan Border (Australia) 271 319 11,062 41.27
Virat Kohli (India) 133 159 9,094 66.86

 

ii) Indian skipper Virat Kohli scored his sixth international century against Australia.

  • It is the most number of international centuries by a captain against Australia. Clive Lloyd (West Indies), David Gower (England), Brian Lara (West Indies) are in the next position with five international centuries each as captain. 

 

iii) Virat Kohli hit the 14th international century against Australia.

  • It was the third most number of international centuries by an Indian cricketer against any particular team. Sachin Tendulkar is the top two record holders as he hit 20 international centuries against Australia and 17 international centuries against Sri Lanka.   

 

iv) Indian captain Virat Kohli scored 116 runs in this match.

  • It was the third highest individual innings by an Indian ODI captain against Australia. MS Dhoni is the top two record holder 139* (at Mohali on 19 October 2013) and 124 (at Nagpur on 28 October 2009). 

 

Ravindra Jadeja

India, Australia
Ravindra Jadeja (Image credit: Getty Images)

i) Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja (2,011 runs) completed his 2,000 ODI runs during this match.

  • Ravindra Jadeja became the third Indian cricketer to score 2,000+ runs and also to take 150+ wickets in ODI career. Kapil Dev (3,783 runs & 253 wickets) and Sachin Tendulkar (18,426 runs & 154 wickets) were the other two Indian cricketers to achieve this feat. 

 

Pat Cummins

India, Australia
Pat Cummins (Image Credit: Getty Images)

i) Australian right-arm pacer Pat Cummins had the bowling figures of 9-2-29-4.

  • It was the third-best ODI bowling figures by an Australian right-arm bowler against India in India.

Top three ODI bowling figures by the Australian right-arm bowlers against India in India

Player Bowling figures Venue Date
Damien Fleming 9-0-36-5 Mumbai 27 February 1996
Ian Hervey 4.5-0-21-4 Kolkata 18 November 2003
Pat Cummins 9-2-29-4 Nagpur 5 March 2019
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