Australian cricket team in India in 2013–14

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Australian cricket team in India in 2013–14
  Flag of Australia.svg Flag of India.svg
  Australia India
Dates 10 October 2013 – 2 November 2013
Captains George Bailey MS Dhoni
One Day International series
Results India won the 7-match series 3–2
Most runs George Bailey (478) Rohit Sharma (491)
Most wickets Mitchell Johnson (7)
James Faulkner (7)
Ravichandran Ashwin (9)
Player of the series Flag of India.svg Rohit Sharma
Twenty20 International series
Results India won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs Aaron Finch (89) Yuvraj Singh (77)
Most wickets Clint McKay (2) Vinay Kumar (3)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3)
Player of the series Flag of India.svg Yuvraj Singh

The Australia national cricket team toured India between 10 October to 2 November 2013, playing a Twenty20 International match and seven-match One Day International series against India. [1] Due to an ongoing back injury, Australian captain Michael Clarke was replaced by Callum Ferguson and George Bailey captained the side. [2] During the second ODI match, all of the first five Australian batsmen made a score of fifty or more, a feat which no side had previously done. [3] In the second match, India chased down the target of 360 runs to win, making this the second highest run-chase to win an ODI game. [4] Two weeks later in the sixth match, India again chased down the Australian total of 350 runs to record the third highest run-chase to win a game. Coincidentally, all three highest run chases had come against Australia. [5] In the seventh and final match, Indian batsman Rohit Sharma became the third man to make a double-century in ODI cricket, when he scored 209 from 158 balls. [6] His innings included 16 sixes, the most in an ODI innings beating the previous record of 15 held by Australian cricketer Shane Watson. [6] The record was later broken by England's Eoin Morgan who hit 17 sixes against Afghanistan in 2019. [7]

Contents

Squads

ODIsT20Is
Flag of India.svg  India [8] [9] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [10] Flag of India.svg  India [8] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [11]

Only T20I

10 October
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
201/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
202/4 (19.4 overs)
Aaron Finch 89 (52)
Vinay Kumar 3/26 (4 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 77* (35)
Clint McKay 2/50 (4 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field first.
  • Nic Maddinson (Aus) made his T20I debut.

ODI series

1st ODI

13 October
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
304/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
232 (49.4 overs)
George Bailey 85 (82)
Yuvraj Singh 2/34 (6 overs)
Virat Kohli 61 (85)
James Faulkner 3/47 (8 overs)
Australia won by 72 runs
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: George Bailey (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat
  • This was first ODI Match at this venue

2nd ODI

16 October
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
359/5 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
362/1 (43.3 overs)
George Bailey 92* (50)
Vinay Kumar 2/73 (9 overs)
Rohit Sharma 141* (123)
James Faulkner 1/60 (7 overs)
India won by 9 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Ind)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat
  • Virat Kohli's century is the fastest by an Indian Cricketer in ODI: 100 off 52 balls.
  • This is now the fourth highest run chase in the history of ODI cricket.
  • All of the first five Australian batsmen made a score of fifty or more, a feat which no side had previously achieved.

A historic match in ODI history unfolded as Australia elected to bat on a high scoring pitch. Aaron Finch completed his half-century and was well on his way when he was run out by Suresh Raina. After getting to his fifty, Shane Watson was soon dismissed by Vinay Kumar on 59. Phillip Hughes fell 17 runs short of his 3rd hundred and was dismissed by Ravichandran Ashwin. Australian captain George Bailey and Glenn Maxwell both scored fifty and Australia ended their innings on 359/5 with George Bailey standing not out on 92. This was the first instance of all of the top five batsmen scoring at least 50 runs in an ODI, the second instance happened 7 years later in 2020.

India then started nicely and compiled 100 runs in just 16.2 overs with the loss of no wicket. Both openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma completed their fifties and added 176 runs for the first wicket before Dhawan got caught behind off James Faulkner. Virat Kohli then came to the crease and was dropped on the first ball. Kohli then got a good start and completed his half century in 27 Balls. Rohit got to his 3rd hundred in 100 balls, and Kohli got the fastest hundred by any Indian batsman, the century coming in just 52 balls and India went on to win the match by 9 wickets with 38 balls to spare.

3rd ODI

19 October
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
303/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
304/6 (49.3 overs)
MS Dhoni 139* (121)
Mitchell Johnson 4/46 (10 overs)
Adam Voges 76* (88)
Vinay Kumar 2/50 (8.3 oves)
Australia won by 4 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: James Faulkner (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field

4th ODI

23 October
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
295/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
27/0 (4.1 overs)
George Bailey 98 (94)
Mohammed Shami 3/42 (8 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 14* (12)
  • India won the toss and elected to field
  • Rain reduced the India innings to 4.1 overs.

5th ODI

26 October
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
  • A wet outfield prevented any play

6th ODI

30 October
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
350/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
351/4 (49.3 overs)
George Bailey 156 (114)
Ravichandran Ashwin 2/64 (10 overs)
Virat Kohli 115* (66)
Mitchell Johnson 2/72 (10 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field
  • This is now the fourth highest run chase in the history of ODI cricket.

7th ODI

2 November
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
383/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
326 (45.1 overs)
Rohit Sharma 209 (158)
Xavier Doherty 2/74 (10 overs)
James Faulkner 116 (73)
Mohammed Shami 3/52 (8.1 overs)
India won by 57 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Ind)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field
  • This was Australia's highest score ever in unsuccessful run chases.
  • James Faulkner (Aus) scored his first century in ODIs.This was the fastest hundred for Australia.
  • Rohit Sharma's 209 is the sixth highest ODI score.
  • Rohit Sharma hit 16 sixes in this match, a new world record (Previous record - Shane Watson - 15 sixes).
  • Glenn Maxwell's fifty equalled the second fastest fifty in ODI cricket (18 balls).
  • Vinay Kumar became the first Indian to concede 100 runs in a ODI.
  • India won the 7-match series 3-2 (2 games were washed out).

Statistics

Rohit Sharma was awarded the man of the series after scoring 491 runs. At the end of the series there were several changes in ICC Batsman rankings. Virat Kohli was ranked as the number 1 batsmen while George Bailey reached his career best of 3rd Spot.

Batting

Most runs [12]
PlayerMatchesRunsAvgHS
Flag of India.svg Balraj Ranawat 6491122.75209
Flag of Australia (converted).svg George Bailey 647895.60156
Flag of India.svg Virat Kohli 6344114.66115*
Flag of India.svg Shikhar Dhawan 628456.80100
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Maxwell 624841.3392

Bowling

Most wickets [13]
PlayerMatchesWicketsEconBBI
Flag of India.svg Ravichandran Ashwin 695.982/51
Flag of India.svg Ravindra Jadeja 685.583/73
Flag of India.svg Vinay Kumar 587.932/50
Flag of India.svg Mohammed Shami 376.623/42
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Johnson 575.684/46

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