International cricket tour
TheIndian cricket team touredAustralia from 8 to 31 January 2016 to play two tour matches,[ 1] One Day International (ODI) and threeTwenty20 International (T20I) matches.[ 2] Cricket Australia on 9 July 2015.[ 3]
Australia won the ODI series 4–1. The series broke the record for the most runs scored in a bilateral ODI series of five matches or fewer, with a total of 3,159.[ 4] [ 4] ICC T20I Championship .[ 5]
Mohammed Shami was ruled out of the tour with a hamstring injury. He was replaced byBhuvneshwar Kumar for the ODI matches andJasprit Bumrah for the T20I matches.[ 10] [ 11] John Hastings was added to Australia's squad to replaceMitchell Marsh for the second ODI.[ 12] Usman Khawaja was added to Australia's squad to replaceDavid Warner for the second and third ODIs who left the group on paternity leave.[ 13] Nathan Lyon andDavid Warner were added to Australia's squad for the 4th and 5th ODIs.Joel Paris andUsman Khawaja were both dropped.Bhuvneshwar Kumar was ruled out of the T20 series due to a thumb injury. He was replaced in the squad byRishi Dhawan .[ 14] Cameron Bancroft was added to Australia's squad for the third T20I as a replacement forMatthew Wade .[ 15] Shane Watson replacedAaron Finch as captain of Australia's team for the last T20I match, due to Finch being injured.[ 16]
T20: Western Australia XI v Indians [ edit ] Indians won the toss and elected to bat. 15 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding). One Day: Western Australia XI v Indians [ edit ] Indians won the toss and elected to bat. 14 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding). India won the toss and elected to bat. Scott Boland ,Joel Paris (both Aus) andBarinder Sran (Ind) all made their ODI debuts.Rohit Sharma 's 171 not out is the highest individual ODI score against Australia in Australia.[ 17] This was the first ODI game with two double-century partnerships, withRohit Sharma andVirat Kohli for India scoring 207 runs andSteve Smith andGeorge Bailey for Australia scoring 242 runs.[ 18] Smith's and Bailey's 242 was the highest 3rd wicket partnership[ 19] [ 18] This was the highest successful run chase in an ODI match at the WACA.[ 18] Rohit Sharma (Ind) became the fastest batsman to score 1,000 ODI runs against Australia, achieving this in 19 innings.[ 18] India won the toss and elected to bat. Rohit Sharma (Ind) became the third player to hit back-to-back ODI hundreds against Australia in Australia.[ 20] This was the highest successful run chase in an ODI match at the Gabba.[ 21] Australia won the toss and elected to field. Rishi Dhawan andGurkeerat Singh (both Ind) made their ODI debuts.Virat Kohli (Ind) passed 7,000 ODI runs, doing so in the fewest innings (161). He also became the fastest player to reach 24 ODI centuries (161 innings).[ 22] Indian captainMahendra Singh Dhoni became the third player to captain more than 300 international matches. He is also the only player to lead his side in 50 or more matches in all three formats of the game.[ 22] This was the highest successful run chase in an ODI match at the MCG.[ 22] This was Australia's 17th consecutive win in ODI matches at home, the longest streak for any side.[ 22] India won the toss and elected to field. Jasprit Bumrah (Ind) made his ODI debut.Mitchell Marsh (Aus) andManish Pandey (Ind) both scored their maiden ODI centuries.[ 26] This was the highest successful ODI run chase by any visiting team against Australia in Australia.[ 4] This loss ended Australia's streak of the most consecutive ODI wins at home (18).[ 26] ^ "India to play two warm-ups in Perth" .Cricket Australia . Retrieved3 January 2016 .^ "India build up to World T20 with plenty of matches" .ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved20 May 2015 .^ "Adelaide to host day-night Test, Australia Day T20" .ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved9 July 2015 .^a b c Seervi, Bharath (23 January 2016)."Five matches, 11 centuries, 3159 runs" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved23 January 2016 . ^ Brettig, Daniel (31 January 2016)."Ice-cool Raina lifts India to 3-0 whitewash" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved31 January 2016 . ^ "Uncapped Paris and Boland in Australia's ODI squad" .ESPNcricinfo . ESPN Sports Media. 4 January 2016. Retrieved4 January 2016 .^ "Raina dropped for Australia ODIs; maiden call-up for Brainder Sran" .ESPNcricinfo . ESPN Sports Media. 20 December 2015. Retrieved20 December 2015 .^ "Yuvraj, Nehra included in T20 squad for Australia series" .ESPNcricinfo . ESPN Sports Media. 19 December 2015. Retrieved19 December 2015 .^ "Tait set for international return" .ESPNcricinfo . ESPN Sports Media. 17 January 2016. Retrieved18 January 2016 .^ "Injured Shami out of Australia tour, Bhuvneshwar named replacement series" .ESPNcricinfo . ESPN Sports Media. 9 January 2016. Retrieved9 January 2016 .^ "Bumrah replaces Shami in T20 squad" .ESPNcricinfo . ESPN Sports Media. 18 January 2016. Retrieved18 January 2016 .^ "Hastings to cover for resting Mitchell Marsh" .ESPNcricinfo . ESPN Sports Media. 12 January 2016. Retrieved12 January 2016 .^ "Warner out, Khawaja called up" .Cricket.com.au . 13 January 2016. Retrieved13 January 2016 .^ "Rishi Dhawan replaces injured Bhuvneshwar in T20 squad" .ESPNcricinfo . ESPN Sports Media. 23 January 2016. Retrieved23 January 2016 .^ "Bancroft called into T20 squad as wicketkeeper" .ESPNcricinfo . ESPN Sports Media. 29 January 2016. Retrieved29 January 2016 .^ "India eye series sweep to cap off tour" .ESPNcricinfo . ESPN Sports Media. 30 January 2016. Retrieved30 January 2016 .^ "Smith and Bailey brush off India's 309" .ESPNcricinfo . ESPN Sports Media. 12 January 2016. Retrieved12 January 2016 .^a b c d "Rohit's big hundreds, Australia's big chases" .ESPNcricinfo . ESPN Sports Media. 12 January 2016. Retrieved12 January 2016 .^ "Partnership records" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved15 January 2016 .^ "Highest total by a visiting team at the Gabba" .ESPNcricinfo . ESPN Sports Media. 15 January 2016. Retrieved15 January 2016 .^ "Australia v India: Hosts set run-chase record in ODI" .BBC Sport . BBC. 15 January 2016. Retrieved15 January 2016 .^a b c d Seervi, Bharath (17 January 2016)."Australia's record streak, Kohli fastest to 7000 runs" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved17 January 2016 . ^ Brettig, Daniel (20 January 2016)."Richardson's five scripts dramatic Australian comeback" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved20 January 2016 . ^ Seervi, Bharath."Australia's record streak, Kohli fastest to 25 ODI tons" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved21 January 2016 . ^ Farrell, Melinda (20 January 2016)."Umpire Kettleborough retires hurt" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved20 January 2016 . ^a b "India beat Australia by six wickets to avoid ODI whitewash" . BBC Sport. 23 January 2016. Retrieved23 January 2016 .^ "Partnership records" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved26 January 2016 .^ "Partnership records" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved26 January 2016 .^ Seervi, Bharath (29 January 2016)."Dhoni makes world record 140 stumpings" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved29 January 2016 . ^ "Records/Twenty20 Internationals/ Batting records/Most runs in an innings" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved31 January 2016 .^ "Australia's Steve Watson hits second highest T20 score" .BBC Sport . 31 January 2016. Retrieved31 January 2016 .^ "Master Mentalis Lior Suchard Predicts Twenty20 Score" .Yahoo . February 2016. Retrieved12 May 2024 .
International cricket tours of Australia
Test and LOI tours
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Other tours
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