Team India beat defending champions Australia by 36 runs at Kennington Oval in London and registered their second win of CWC 2019 while Australia suffered their first loss.
Earlier on a slow dry wicket India won the toss and opted to bat first. Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan gave a steady start and added only 40 odd runs in first 10 overs and after getting set they changed their gears and started playing big shots. Both the batsmen also brought up their fifties. Rohit Sharma got out after scoring 57 runs. Shikhar Dhawan continued to attack and brought up his 17th ODI hundred and along with Virat Kohli added 93 runs for the second wicket and set the platform for a big score.
Hardik Pandya joined Virat Kohli and both the batsmen smashed all Aussie bowlers. Virat Kohli scored 82 runs while Pandya played 48 runs knock. In the end, the cameos from MS Dhoni and KL Rahul helped India to finish on 352/5.
In reply, Australia too started off slowly and added only 48 runs in the first 10 overs. Aaron Finch smashed Hardik Pandya for 19 runs and looked in good touch but a good fielding effort from Kedar Jadhav ran him out. David Warner was struggling for timing and brought up his fifty in 70 oddballs and later got out after scoring 56 runs off 84 balls. Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja accelerated and kept Australia in the match but both batsmen couldn't convert their innings into a big one.
In the last 10 overs, Australia needed 110 odd runs and five wickets were in hand. Glenn Maxwell hit a few boundaries but Yuzvendra Chahal sent him back to pavilion for 28 runs. Alex Carey played some great shots and brought up his fifty in 25 balls but he didn't get enough support from the other end and on the final ball of the match Australia got all out for 316 runs and lost the match by 36 runs.
All the major stats and facts from match fourteen between India and Australia in The Oval
1 - This was Australia's first loss in the last 11 ODIs. In between the two losses they won 10 ODIs in a row.
2 - Shikhar Dhawan became the second Indian player after Ajay Jadeja to score a World Cup hundred against Australia.
3 - Rohit Sharma - Shikhar Dhawan became the third opening pair to put up a 100 plus runs stand against Australia in an ODI World Cup match. And it was their 6th 100 plus runs stand in ICC ODI tournaments.
100 plus runs opening stand against Australia in ODI World Cups -
107 - Graham Gooch / Ian Botham at Sydney, 1992
160 - Graeme Smith / AB de Villiers at St Kitts, 2007
127 - Rohit Sharma / Shikhar Dhawan at The Oval, 2019
Most 100 plus runs opening stand in ICC ODI tournaments -
6 - Rohit Sharma / Shikhar Dhawan
6 - Adam Gilchrist / Matthew Hayden
5 - Tillakaratne Dilshan / Kumar Sangakkara
4 - H Gibbs / Gary Kirsten
Most 100 plus runs opening partnerships -
21 - Sourav Ganguly / Sachin Tendulkar
16 - Rohit Sharma / Shikhar Dhawan
16 - Adam Gilchrist / Matthew Hayden
15 - Desmond Haynes / Gordon Greenidge
4 - This was India's 4th win over Australia in ODI World Cups.
India's wins against Australia in ODI World Cups -
118 runs at Chelmsford, 1983
56 runs at Delhi, 1987
5 wickets at Ahmedabad, 2011
36 runs at The Oval, 2019
19 - Australia's streak of 19 consecutive wins while chasing in ODI World Cups came to an end. Before this match, their last loss while chasing in a World Cup match came against Pakistan at Leeds in 1999.
352/5 - Runs total is the fourth highest total for India in ODI World Cup's history.
Highest totals for India in ODI World Cups -
413/5 vs Bermuda at Port of Spain, 2007
373/6 vs Sri Lanka at Taunton, 1999
370/4 vs Bangladesh at Mirpur, 2011
352/5 vs Australia at The Oval, 2019
338 vs England at Bangalore, 2011
443 - Shikhar Dhawan has scored 443 runs in 5 ODIs he played at The Oval with three hundred. His scores read (most recent first) - 117, 21, 78, 125 and 102*.
2037 - Rohit Sharma when on 20, completed 2000 ODI runs against Australia. He took just 37 innings to achieve this milestone.
2000 plus ODI runs against Australia -
3077 - Sachin Tendulkar
2262 - Desmond Haynes
2187 - Viv Richards
2037 - Rohit Sharma
Fewest innings to score 2000 ODI runs against a team -
37 - Rohit Sharma vs Australia
40 - Sachin Tendulkar vs Australia
44 - Viv Richards vs Australia
44 - Virat Kohli vs Sri Lanka
45 - MS Dhoni vs Sri Lanka
