The Indian cricket team is set to face Australia in a three-match ODI series Down Under, starting November 19, Sunday. Shubman Gill will embark his journey as full-time ODI captain with former skipper Rohit Sharma to open alongside him. India also have stalwart Virat Kohli in the squad. Australia will be led by Mitchell Marsh in the absence of Pat Cummins. India will be keen to outmuscle the hosts and flex their aura across formats. India won the Asia Cup (T20Is) and then the 2-match Test series against West Indies recently.
The 1st ODI will be held at the Perth Stadium, Perth, on October 19. The 2nd clash is on October 23 at the Adelaide Oval. The 3rd and final ODI will be played on October 25, Saturday, at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
A look at the two squads
Australia squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Owen, Matthew Renshaw, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa.
India squad: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vc), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal.
ODI H2H record between India and Australia
As per ESPNcricinfo, the two teams have met 152 times in ODIs. India have claimed 58 wins in addition to losing 84. 10 matches have had no results.
How has Team India performed in Australia?
The two sides have faced each other 54 times in Australia. India have claimed 14 wins to Australia’s 38. 2 games have had no results.
India have played 99 matches on Australian soil overall. They have secured a total of 40 wins and faced 53 defeats. Two games have been tied with 4 matches seeing no results.
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