The intoxicated euphoria for historic Australia test series win must have been all over for team India by now. The historic test series celebrations are already spoiled by the Hardik Pandya & KL Rahul coffee scandal. If this wasn’t enough, 1st ODI defeat at Sydney cricket ground should be the real opener for the Indian cricket team. Yes, the honeymoon period is over for India, Australian ODI squad looks lethal and more than capable of creating some serious setbacks.
With only a day left for the second ODI at the Adelaide Oval, let analyze the overall head to head record between India and Australia at the Adelaide Oval.
Ind Vs Aus in Adelaide – Head to Head Record
India VS Australia In Adelaide ODIs
- Jan 26, 1986 – Australia beat India by 36 runs.
- Dec 15, 1991 – Australia beat India by 6 wickets.
- Jan 26, 2000 – Australia beat India by 152 runs.
- Feb 17, 2008 – Australia beat India by 50 runs.
- Feb 12, 2012 – India beat Australia by 4 wickets.
The Adelaide cricket ground has hosted a total of 84 ODI’s till date, out of which Australia has won 36 of them, the touring side has won 15 matches, whereas neutral sides have won 31 0f them. This statistics clearly indicates Australia knows how to exploit the Adelaide conditions and use to their favor.
India had battled Australia 5 times at the Adelaide and won only 1 match. They played their first match in 1986 during the Benson and Hedges World series championship, which Australia won by 36 runs.
The second occasion came in 1991, again the same series (World Series championship) and the same result (Australia won the match by 6 wickets).
It took almost a decade to play any ODI at the Adelaide Oval. The two cricket giants played their next ODI match in Carlton and United Series on the Republic Day eve in 1999. Australia again won the match by 152 runs, the tour was a disaster for India.
It took another 8 years for India- Australia contest at the Adelaide Oval in 2008. Australia again dominated the proceedings and won the match by 50 runs.
The last time both the team met at the Adelaide Oval was on 12.2.2012 during the Common Wealth Bank series. This time around India broke the jinx and won the match by 4 wickets.
Leading Run Scorers by Both the Teams
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the leading run scorer for India at the Adelaide Oval. He has scored 205 runs in 5 innings at a bradmanic average of 103.50 with the help of 2 fifties. His highest score is 58*, hope he will convert the double figure into triple this time around.
Virat Kohli is the only Indian player from the current squad to have scored a century at the Adelaide Oval. He scored 107 against Pakistan during the 2015 World Cup. Apart from Kohli, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman are the only batsmen to register the century at the Adelaide.
Suspended David Warner is the leading run scorer for Australia. He has played 7 matches at the Adelaide Oval and scored 383 runs at an impressive average of 54.71 including 2 majestic centuries.
In the bowling department no current Australian player or Indian player has even 5 wickets to his name on the Adelaide Oval ground.
Hope India will write a new winning script for them and level the series 1-1 with 1 ODI to go.
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