India Vs Aus News

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the full schedule of India-Australia limited overs series, which starts on September 17 in Chennai. Australia will be touring India for five ODIs and three T20Is, their first tour since 2013. Following the Australia series, India will host New Zealand for three ODIs and three T20Is.

Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have been rested for the first three ODIs of the upcoming five-match ODI series against Australia. In their place, Axar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal will be given an extended run following their performance in Sri Lanka. Pacers Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav have also made a comeback to the squad.

Since January 2013, Rohit Sharma has scored 1,104 runs in 13 matches against Australia, averaging 110.4 at a strike rate of 102.88. In the same period, the average first-innings score for ODIs featuring India and Australia is 321 runs. Notably, Australia's last bilateral ODI series in India during the 2013-14 season resulted in a 3-2 series win for India.

India defeated Australia by 26 runs (D/L method) in the rain-curtailed first ODI in Chennai on Sunday, to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. Batting first, India managed to score 281/7 after being 87/5 at one stage, helped by Hardik Pandya's 66-ball 83 and MS Dhoni's 100th international fifty. The victory was India's tenth consecutive in international cricket.

Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter to congratulate former captain MS Dhoni on scoring his 100th half-century in international cricket, against Australia on Sunday. "Yet another 100 for @msdhoni! This time in front of the stumps! Congratulations on a century of 50s Mahi," Tendulkar tweeted. Notably, Dhoni had become the first player with 100 ODI stumpings earlier this month.

Former cricketer Virender Sehwag and India women's team pacer Jhulan Goswami rang the bell before the start of the second India-Australia ODI at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. The bell-ringing ritual at Eden Gardens was inaugurated by India's first World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev, ahead of the India-New Zealand Test in September last year.

India defeated Australia by 50 runs in the second ODI on Thursday, to become the number one-ranked ODI side. Australia were bundled out for 202, with Kuldeep Yadav becoming the third Indian bowler to take an ODI hat-trick. India are now tied with South Africa at 119 points in ODI rankings, but claim the top spot on decimal points.

Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was seen bowling spin in the nets at Indore ahead of the third India-Ausralia ODI. The official Facebook page of the Indian cricket team shared a video of Dhoni bowling spin and captioned it, "There is nobody as quick as MS Dhoni behind the stumps. Now watch him try spin bowling."

Indian cricket team's official Instagram handle mocked Australia's batting collapse in the third ODI by posting a picture of Virat Kohli with a caption that read, "Every Indian fan's reaction after the Australian batting collapse." Australia lost five wickets for 69 runs after being 224/1 in the 38th over. The post was, however, deleted later.

Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni completed his 100th ODI stumping for India during the third ODI against Australia in Indore on Sunday. Dhoni achieved the feat after stumping Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell off Yuzvendra Chahal's bowling. Out of his 103 ODI stumpings, Dhoni has taken three in three matches for Asia XI in 2007.

India's Rohit Sharma hit a 103-metre six off a Kane Richardson delivery which went out of the Holkar Stadium during the third ODI on Sunday. Rohit raced down the track and played a pull shot to smash the six after Richardson bowled a short ball. Sharma went on to score his fastest ODI fifty off 42 balls in the match.

India defeated Australia by five wickets in the third ODI in Indore on Sunday, taking an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series and registering their sixth consecutive ODI series victory. With the win, India also equalled their longest winning streak of nine matches in ODI history. Overall, it was India's 12th consecutive win in international cricket.