Australia defeated India by 66 runs in the first ODI at Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney and took a lead of 1-0 in the three-match series.
Earlier, Australia won the toss and opted to bat first. David Warner and Aaron Finch gave a good start of 156 runs in 27 overs. Mohammad Shami broke this stand by dismissing Warner for 69 runs and later Finch brought up his 17th ODI hundred. He got out for 114 runs off Bumrah's bowling. Steve Smith changed his gears and kept on scoring runs all over the park and brought up his hundred in just 62 balls. Glenn Maxwell also smashed 45 runs off 19 balls and Australia finished on 374/6 in 50 overs.
In reply, India also started well as Shikhar Dhawan and Mayank Agarwal scored 50 runs in just 4 overs. Josh Hazlewood dismissed Mayank for 22 runs. Captain Virat Kohli also got a good start but he couldn't convert and threw his wicket away off Hazlewood's bowling. In the same over Shreyas Iyer also got out, and after a few overs KL Rahul also fell cheaply and at 101/4, India was in big trouble.
Shikhar Dhawan and Hardik Pandya rebuilt the innings and their 128 runs partnership kept India in the chase but both the batsmen got out in the quest of quick runs and eventually India finished on 308/8 and fell short of the target by 66 runs. For Australia, Adam Zampa took 4 wickets while for India, Hardik Pandya played 90 runs knock.
All the major stats and facts from the first ODI between Australia and India in Sydney :
4 - Aaron Finch and Steve Smith scored their 4th ODI hundreds against India and overall it was their 17th and 10th ODI hundred respectively.
62 - Steve Smith scored his hundred in just 62 balls - the third fastest ODI hundred for Australia.
Fastest ODI hundreds for Australia (By Balls) -
51 - Glenn Maxwell vs SL at Sydney, 2015
57 - James Faulkner vs IND at Bangalore, 2013
62 - Steve Smith vs IND at Sydney, 2020
66 - Matthew Hayden vs WI at St Kitts, 2007
67 - Adam Gilchrist vs SL at Brisbane, 2006
89 - Runs Yuzvendra Chahal conceded in his spell - the most ever by an Indian spinner in an ODI match.
Most Runs conceded by an Indian spinner in an ODI match -
89 - Yuzvendra Chahal vs AUS at Sydney, 2020
88 - Yuzvendra Chahal vs ENG at Edgbaston, 2019
85 - Piyush Chawla vs PAK at Mirpur, 2008
126 - Number of innings Aaron Finch took to reach 5000 ODI runs - the second fastest Australian batsman to reach this milestone in terms of innings.
Fewest innings to reach 5000 ODI runs for Australia -
115 - David Warner
126 - Aaron Finch
128 - Dean Jones
132 - Matthew Hayden
135 - Michael Bevan
156 - David Warner and Aaron Finch added 156 runs for the opening wicket. It was their fourth 150 plus runs opening partnership against India in ODI cricket.
374/6 - Runs total is the highest ever total for Australia against India in ODI cricket and overall third highest total by a team against India in this format.
Highest Totals for AUS against IND in ODI cricket -
374/6 at Sydney, 2020
359/2 at Johannesburg, 2003
359/5 at Sydney, 2004
359/5 at Jaipur, 2013
359/6 at Mohali, 2019
Highest Totals against IND in ODI cricket -
438/4 - SA at Mumbai, 2015
411/8 - SL at Rajkot, 2009
374/6 - AUS at Sydney, 2020
366/8 - ENG at Cuttack, 2017
365/2 - SA at Ahmedabad, 2010
1000 - Hardik Pandya when on 43, completed 1000 ODI runs. He has scored 1047 runs in 55 ODIs with 5 fifties.
