Stats recap: India vs Australia ODI series, 2017
With Australia scheduled to face India in a five-match ODI series beginning March 2019, let us have a quick recap of the last ODI series they played against India in India in 2017.
India had won that series 4-1. Hardik Pandya, for his performance with both bat and ball, was awarded the Player of the Series Trophy. He was also named as the Player of the Match in two of the matches.
Let us now have a look at the results and key stats from that series.
Results
1st ODI - India won by 26 runs. Hardik Pandya was named as the Player of the Match.
2nd ODI - India won by 50 runs. Virat Kohli was named as the Player of the Match.
3rd ODI - India won by 5 wickets. Hardik Pandya was named as the Player of the Match.
4th ODI - Australia won by 21 runs. David Warner was named as the Player of the Match.
5th ODI - India won by 7 wickets. Rohit Sharma was named as the Player of the Match.
Batting performances
334/5 by Australia was the highest team total of the series.
137/9 by Australia was the lowest team total of the series.
296 runs scored by Rohit Sharma was the highest number of runs scored by a player in the series.
125 by Rohit Sharma in the 5th ODI was the highest individual score in an innings in the series.
3 centuries were scored in the series. These were scored by Rohit Sharma (125), Aaron Finch (124) and David Warner (124).
16 half-centuries were scored in the series.
4 half-centuries scored by Ajinkya Rahane was the highest number of half-centuries scored by a player in the series.
Bowling performances
10 wickets taken by Nathan Coulter-Nile was the highest number of wickets taken by a player in the series.
4/71 by Umesh Yadav in the 4th ODI was the best bowling performance by a player in the series.
Wicket-keeping performances
6 dismissals by MS Dhoni was the highest number of dismissals by a wicketkeeper in the series.
3 dismissals by MS Dhoni in the 1st ODI was the highest number of dismissals by a wicket-keeper in an innings in the series.
Fielding performances
4 catches by Jasprit Bumrah, Ajinkya Rahane and Manish Pandey each was the highest number of catches taken by a player in the series.
2 catches by Jasprit Bumrah in the 1st ODI, Glenn Maxwell in the 2nd ODI, Aaron Finch in the 4th ODI and Ajinkya Rahane in the 5th ODI was the highest number of catches taken by a player in an innings in the series.