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 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.[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]
| Australian cricket team in India in 2013–14 | |||
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| 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 |
 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 |
Yuvraj Singh | ||
Squads
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- 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
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- This was first ODI Match at this venue
2nd ODI
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- 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
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field
4th ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to field
- No further play was possible due to rain.
5th ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to field
- This is now the fourth highest run chase in the history of ODI cricket.
7th ODI
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- 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
editRohit 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
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| Player | Matches | Runs | Avg | HS |
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| 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
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| Player | Matches | Wickets | Econ | BBI |
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| 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 |
References
edit- ^ "Australia to tour India for seven ODIs, one T20". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN EMEA. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ "Australia captain Michael Clarke out of India tour with back injury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Top five catapult Australia to 359". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ^ "Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma star in India's record-breaking ODI win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ "India v Australia: Virat Kohli leads hosts to victory in Nagpur". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ a b "India v Australia: Rohit Sharma smashes 209 as India win series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ "Eoin Morgan's brutal 148 flattens Afghanistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ a b 'BCCI announces squads for first three ODIs and T20'
- ^ 'India retain squad for remaining ODIs'
- ^ 'Australia announces squads for India tour'
- ^ 'Nic Maddinson added in T20 squad'
- ^ "Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ "Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
External links
edit- Australia in India 2013-14 at ESPNcricinfo