# Australian cricket team in India in 2013–14

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. Due to an ongoing back injury, Australian captain Michael Clarke was replaced by Callum Ferguson and George Bailey captained the side. 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. In the same match only, India chased down the target of 360 runs to win, making this the second highest run-chase to win an ODI game. 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. 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. His innings included 16 sixes, the most in an ODI innings beating the previous record of 15 held by Australian cricketer Shane Watson. The record was later broken by England's Eoin Morgan who hit 17 sixes against Afghanistan in 2019.

## Squads

| ODIs | ODIs | T20Is | T20Is |
| India | Australia | India | Australia |
| MS Dhoni (c) (wk) Virat Kohli Shikhar Dhawan Rohit Sharma Yuvraj Singh Suresh Raina Ambati Rayudu Ravichandran Ashwin Ravindra Jadeja Amit Mishra Bhuvneshwar Kumar Mohammed Shami Vinay Kumar Ishant Sharma Jaydev Unadkat | George Bailey (c) Michael Clarke (vc) Aaron Finch Shane Watson Adam Voges Brad Haddin (wk) Xavier Doherty Mitchell Johnson James Faulkner Nic Maddinson Glenn Maxwell Nathan Coulter-Nile Moises Henriques Clint McKay Callum Ferguson | MS Dhoni (c) (wk) Rohit Sharma Shikhar Dhawan Virat Kohli Yuvraj Singh Suresh Raina Ambati Rayudu Umesh Yadav Ravichandran Ashwin Ravindra Jadeja Mohammed Shami Amit Mishra Vinay Kumar Bhuvneshwar Kumar | George Bailey (c) Aaron Finch Nic Maddinson David Warner Glenn Maxwell Brad Haddin (wk) Shane Watson Moises Henriques James Faulkner Xavier Doherty Adam Voges Mitchell Johnson Clint McKay Nathan Coulter-Nile |

## Only T20I

* 10 October 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 201/7 (20 overs) | v | 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.
* Vinay Kumar and Ishant Sharma played their last T20I.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 13 October 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 304/8 (50 overs) | v | 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 359/5 (50 overs) | v | 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 39 balls to spare.

### 3rd ODI

* 19 October 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| India 303/9 (50 overs) | v | 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 295/8 (50 overs) | v | India 27/0 (4.1 overs) |
| George Bailey 98 (94) Mohammed Shami 3/42 (8 overs) | | Shikhar Dhawan 14* (12) |
* No result JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to field
* No further play was possible due to rain.

### 5th ODI

* 26 October 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia | v | 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 350/6 (50 overs) | v | 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 383/6 (50 overs) | v | 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).
* This was only fourth time when Australian bowlers conceded 350+ runs in ODI, first time was against South Africa (438) and three time against India in the same series.

## 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

| Player | Matches | Runs | Avg | HS |
| Rohit Sharma | 6 | 491 | 122.75 | 209 |
| George Bailey | 6 | 478 | 95.60 | 156 |
| Virat Kohli | 6 | 344 | 114.66 | 115* |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 6 | 284 | 56.80 | 100 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 6 | 248 | 41.33 | 92 |

### Bowling
#### Most wickets

| Player | Matches | Wickets | Econ | BBI |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 6 | 9 | 5.98 | 2/51 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 6 | 8 | 5.58 | 3/73 |
| Vinay Kumar | 5 | 8 | 7.93 | 2/50 |
| Mohammed Shami | 3 | 7 | 6.62 | 3/42 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 5 | 7 | 5.68 | 4/46 |