# Australia–India cricket rivalry

The Australia–India cricket rivalry is an intense rivaly within the sport of cricket. The matches between these countries are known for their intensity. It is considered as one of the biggest matches in the world, and is among the most-viewed sport games.

## History

Australia and India first played Test cricket against each other in 1947, but it's over the last two decades that the rivalry has grown into one of the dominant duels in the game.

## Summary of results

The two sides have played a total of 295 times. Australia has won 143 matches compared to India's 111 victories.
| Format | Matches played | India won | Australia won | Draw/Tie/No Result |
| Test | 112 | 33 | 48 | 31 |
| ODI | 152 | 58 | 84 | 10 |
| T20I | 32 | 20 | 11 | 1 |
| Total | 296 | 111 | 143 | 42 |
* Bold indicates most wins.

### ICC matches

Australia has the better record in the Cricket World Cup, having faced India 14 times. In the 2003 Cricket World Cup Final, Australia knocked out India tremendously. The last time the two cricket frenzy nations clashed in 2023 Cricket World Cup final match played at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, Australia again dominated India and Australia won by 6 wickets.
In the T20 World Cup, India have mostly got the better of Australia. India has won 4 out of the 6 meetings. India won the 2007 T20 World Cup by defeating Pakistan in the final and 2024 T20 World Cup by defeating South Africa in the final. Australia won the 2021 T20 World Cup by defeating New Zealand.
In the Champions Trophy also, India has a little bit of domination on Australia. India won three of the five meetings between the two sides.
In the World Test Championship , Australia has slight edge against India. India won five of the fourteen meetings while Australia won six matches, which includes 2023 WTC Final which was eventually won by Australia.
Head to Head results in ICC events :
| Tournament | Matches played | India won | Australia won | Draw/Tie/No result |
| World Cup | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| T20 World Cup | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Champions Trophy | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| World Test Championship | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Total | 38 | 17 | 18 | 4 |

## ICC tournaments won

The two countries have played in World Cups, the Champions Trophy, and the World Test Championship, all of which are organised by the governing body of world cricket, the International Cricket Council. Australia has won 10 ICC tournaments compared to India's 6. At senior-level, Australia has won 10 ICC trophies (6 Cricket World Cups, 1 T20 World Cup, 2 Champions Trophy, 1 World Test Championship), while India has won 7 (2 Cricket World Cup, 2 T20 World Cup, 3 Champions Trophy).
Australia has won the ICC Cricket World Cup six times and India has done so twice. India has won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup twice (in 2007 and 2024) and Australia has won it once (2021). In the ICC Champions Trophy, another ODI tournament, India has won the trophy 3 times while Australia have won it 2 times. Australia has won the World Test Championship once, although India finished as runners-up in both the editions, having played in the finals.
| Tournament | India | Australia |
| ICC Cricket World Cup | 2 | 6 |
| ICC T20 World Cup | 2 | 1 |
| ICC Champions Trophy | 3 | 2 |
| ICC World Test Championship | 0 | 1 |
| ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup | 5 | 4 |
| Total | 12 | 14 |

### ICC ODI World Cups (Head to Head Results)

| Year | Stage | Venue | Result | Player of the match | Scorecard |
| 1983 | Group Stage | Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England | Australia won by 162 runs | Trevor Chappell | Scorecard |
| 1983 | Group Stage | County Ground, Chelmsford, England | India won by 118 runs | Roger Binny | Scorecard |
| 1987 | Group Stage | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India | Australia won by 1 runs | Geoff Marsh | Scorecard |
| 1987 | Group Stage | Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, Delhi, India | India won by 56 runs | Mohammad Azharuddin | Scorecard |
| 1992 | Group Stage | The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia | Australia won by 1 runs | Dean Jones | Scorecard |
| 1996 | Group Stage | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India | Australia won by 16 runs | Mark Waugh | Scorecard |
| 1999 | Group Stage | The Oval, London, England | Australia won by 77 runs | Glenn McGrath | Scorecard |
| 2003 | Group Stage | Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa | Australia won by 9 wickets | Jason Gillespie | Scorecard |
| 2003 | Final | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | Australia won by 125 runs | Ricky Ponting | Scorecard |
| 2011 | Quarter-Final | Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India | India won by 5 wickets | Yuvraj Singh | Scorecard |
| 2015 | Semi-Final | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia | Australia won by 95 runs | Steven Smith | Scorecard |
| 2019 | Group Stage | The Oval, London, England | India won by 36 runs | Shikhar Dhawan | Scorecard |
| 2023 | Group Stage | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India | India won by 6 wickets | KL Rahul | Scorecard |
| 2023 | Final | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India | Australia won by 6 wickets | Travis Head | Scorecard |

### ICC Men's T20 World Cups (Head to Head Results)

| Year | Stage | Venue | Result | Player of the match | Scorecard |
| 2007 | Semi-Final | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa | India won by 15 runs | Yuvraj Singh | Scorecard |
| 2010 | Super 8s | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados | Australia won by 49 runs | David Warner | Scorecard |
| 2012 | Super 8s | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | Australia won by 9 wickets | Shane Watson | Scorecard |
| 2014 | Super 10 | Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | India won by 73 runs | Ravichandran Ashwin | Scorecard |
| 2016 | Super 10 | Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India | India won by 6 wickets | Virat Kohli | Scorecard |
| 2024 | Super 8 | Daren Sammy Ground, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia | India won by 24 runs | Rohit Sharma | Scorecard |

### ICC Champions Trophy (Head to Head Results)

| Year | Stage | Venue | Result | Player of the match | Scorecard |
| 1998 | Quarter-final | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | India won by 44 runs | Sachin Tendulkar | Scorecard |
| 2000 | Quarter-final | Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya | India won by 20 runs | Yuvraj Singh | Scorecard |
| 2006 | Group stage | PCA Stadium, Mohali, India | Australia won by 6 wickets | Damien Martyn | Scorecard |
| 2009 | Group stage | SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa | No result | | Scorecard |
| 2025 | Semi-final | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE | India won by 4 wickets | Virat Kohli | Scorecard |

## List of test series

| Series | Season | Host team | Tests | Australia | India | Drawn | Tied | Australia Captain | India Captain | Result | Most runs and wkts | Player of the series |
| 1 | 1947–48 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Don Bradman | Lala Amarnath | Australia | Don Bradman (715 runs) Ray Lindwall (18 wkts) |
| 2 | 1956–57 | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Ian Johnson Ray Lindwall (2nd test) | Polly Umrigar | Australia | Neil Harvey (253 runs) Richie Benaud (23 wkts) | |
| 3 | 1959–60 | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Richie Benaud | Gulabrai Ramchand | Australia | Nari Contractor (438 runs) Richie Benaud (29 wkts) |
| 4 | 1964–65 | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Bob Simpson | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | Drawn | Bob Simpson (292 runs) Bapu Nadkarni (17 wkts) |
| 5 | 1967–68 | Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Simpson (1st, 2nd tests) Bill Lawry | Chandu Borde (1st test) Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | Australia | Bob Cowper (485 runs) E.A.S. Prasanna (17 wkts) |
| 6 | 1969–70 | India | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Bill Lawry | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | Australia | Keith Stackpole (368 runs) Ashley Mallett (17 wkts) |
| 7 | 1977–78 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bob Simpson | Bishan Singh Bedi | Australia | Bob Simpson (539 runs) Bishan Bedi (31 wkts) | |
| 8 | 1979–80 | India | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | Kim Hughes | Sunil Gavaskar | India | Kim Hughes (594 runs) Kapil Dev (28 wkts) | |
| 9 | 1980–81 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Greg Chappell | Sunil Gavaskar | Drawn | Greg Chappell(368 runs) Dennis Lillee(21 wkts) |
| 10 | 1985–86 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Allan Border | Kapil Dev | Drawn | Sunil Gavaskar(356 runs) Shivlal Yadav(15 wkts) |
| 11 | 1986–87 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Allan Border | Kapil Dev | Drawn | Dean Jones (371 runs) Greg Matthews (14 wkts) |
| 12 | 1991–92 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Allan Border | Mohammad Azharuddin | Australia | David Boon (556 runs) Craig McDermott (31 wkts) |
| 13 | 1996–97 | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Mark Taylor | Sachin Tendulkar | India | Nayan Mongia (152 runs ) Anil Kumble (9 wkts) | Nayan Mongia |
| 14 | 1997–98 | India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Mark Taylor | Mohd Azharuddin | India | Sachin Tendulkar (446 runs) Anil Kumble (23 wkts) | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 15 | 1999–2000 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Waugh | Sachin Tendulkar | Australia | Ricky Ponting (375 runs) Glenn McGrath (18 wkts) | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 16 | 2000–01 | India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Steve Waugh | Sourav Ganguly | India | Matthew Hayden (549 runs) Harbhajan Singh (32 wkts) | Harbhajan Singh |
| 17 | 2003–04 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Steve Waugh | Sourav Ganguly | Drawn | Ricky Ponting (706 runs) Anil Kumble (24 wkts) | Rahul Dravid |
| 18 | 2004–05 | India | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Adam Gilchrist (1-3 Tests) Ricky Ponting (4th Test) | Sourav Ganguly (1st, 2nd Tests) Rahul Dravid (3rd, 4th Tests) | Australia | Damien Martyn (444 runs) Anil Kumble (27 wickets) | Damien Martyn |
| 19 | 2007–08 | Australia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Ricky Ponting | Anil Kumble | Australia | Sachin Tendulkar (493 runs) Brett Lee (24 wkts) | Brett Lee |
| 20 | 2008–09 | India | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Ricky Ponting | Anil Kumble (1st and 3rd tests) MS Dhoni(2nd and 4th tests) | India | Gautam Gambhir (463 runs) Ishant Sharma (15 wkts) Harbhajan Singh (15 wkts) | Ishant Sharma |
| 21 | 2010–11 | India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Ricky Ponting | MS Dhoni | India | Sachin Tendulkar (403 runs) Zaheer Khan (12 wkts) | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 22 | 2011–12 | Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Michael Clarke | MS Dhoni (1st–3rd Tests) Virender Sehwag (4th Test) | Australia | Michael Clarke (626 runs) Ben Hilfenhaus (27 wkts) | Michael Clarke |
| 23 | 2012–13 | India | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Michael Clarke Shane Watson (4th test) | MS Dhoni | India | Murali Vijay (430 runs) Ravichandran Ashwin (29 wkts) | Ravichandran Ashwin |
| 24 | 2014–15 | Australia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Michael Clarke (1st test) Steve Smith | Virat Kohli (1st, 4th tests) MS Dhoni (2nd, 3rd tests) | Australia | Steve Smith (769 runs) Nathan Lyon (23 wkts) | Steve Smith |
| 25 | 2016–17 | India | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Steve Smith | Virat Kohli Ajinkya Rahane (4th test) | India | Steve Smith (499 runs) Ravindra Jadeja (25 wkts) | Ravindra Jadeja |
| 26 | 2018–19 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Tim Paine | Virat Kohli | India | Cheteshwar Pujara (521 runs) Jasprit Bumrah(21 wkts) Nathan Lyon(21 wkts) | Cheteshwar Pujara |
| 27 | 2020–21 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Tim Paine | Virat Kohli (1st test) Ajinkya Rahane | India | Marnus Labuschagne (426 runs) Pat Cummins (21 wkts) | Pat Cummins |
| 28 | 2022–23 | India | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Pat Cummins Steve Smith (3rd & 4th tests) | Rohit Sharma | India | Usman Khawaja (333 runs) Ravichandran Ashwin (25 wkts) | Ravindra Jadeja Ravichandran Ashwin |
| 29 | 2024-25 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pat Cummins | Rohit Sharma(2nd - 4th test) Jasprit Bumrah(1st & 5th tests) | Australia | Travis Head(448 runs) Jasprit Bumrah(32 wkts) | Jasprit Bumrah |