India will take on Australia in the first of three ODIs at Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney tomorrow, November 27, 2020.
India who is going to play their first international match since March will be eyeing a winning start of this important Australia tour. These three matches are part of the ICC ODI Super League so each game is important for both sides.
India is without Rohit Sharma but still, they have fine players like Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Hardik Pandya who is a unit can decimate any batting or bowling line up so it's important for the team to back their basics and play in unity.
On the other hand, host Australia has played one ODI series against England in September which they won and now will look to continue from where they left. The return of Steve Smith will boost their batting line up and the likes of David Warner, Aaron Finch, Marnus Labuschange, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Adam Zampa will look to put the Indian team on the back foot and given both the sides' strengths and performances it should be an exciting series.
All the major stats and facts ahead of the first ODI between Australia and India in Sydney :
Head to Head in ODI cricket -
| Venue | Match | AUS Won | IND Won | Tied | NR |
| Australia | 51 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| India | 64 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 5 |
| Neutral | 25 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| Overall | 140 | 78 | 52 | 0 | 10 |
At Sydney Cricket Ground -
Australia - 132 ODI Matches, 87 wins, 39 losses and 6 No results
India - 20 ODI Matches, 5 wins, 14 losses and 1 No result
1 - Jasprit Bumrah has taken only 1 wicket at an average of 287 in 6 ODI matches he played this year.
350 - KL Rahul has scored 350 runs at an average of 70.0 and at a strike rate of 107.69 in 6 ODI innings with 1 hundred and 2 fifties this year - the most ODI runs by any Indian batsman in this year.
1000 - Steve Smith is 93 runs away from completing 1000 ODI runs against India. He has scored 907 runs at 60 plus in 15 innings with 3 hundreds.
1000 - Hardik Pandya needs 43 more runs to complete 1000 runs in ODI cricket.
2000 - Virat Kohli needs 90 more runs to become the third Indian batsman after Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma to score 2000 ODI runs against Australia.
5000 - Aaron Finch needs 17 more runs to achieve the milestone of 5000 ODI runs.
12,000 - Virat Kohli needs 133 more runs to achieve the milestone of 12,000 runs in ODI cricket.
