India vs Australia: Statistical preview of the fourth ODI in Mohali

Let’s take a look at some of the numbers and milestones that can be reached in this clash -

Young Rishabh Pant will strive to seal a slot in the World Cup squad even as India fret about their top-order woes ahead of the fourth ODI against Australia in Mohali on Sunday. Providing opportunities to all World Cup hopefuls would be on Virat Kohli’s mind and the team management is expected to ring in a few changes in the playing XI in the remaining two matches of the series.

India's captain Virat Kohli, left, bats during the third one day international cricket match between India and Australia in Ranchi.(AP)

Let’s take a look at some of the numbers and milestones that can be reached in this clash -

4/5: 4 of the last 5 ODIs have been won by the team chasing at this venue.

299: Average first innings score at this venue (last 10 ODIs). 307 is the average first innings score at this venue (last 5 ODIs).

5/6: India have won 5 of their last 6 matches at this venue.

1996: The last time India won an ODI against Australia at this venue. Since then they’ve lost 3 on the trot: -

2006: LOST by 6 wickets

2009: LOST by 24 runs

2013: LOST by 4 wickets

100: J Bumrah will be playing his 100th international match for IND. If he takes the field against Australia in the 4th ODI. His split is as follow: Tests: 10, ODIs: 47 and T20Is: 42.

3: Maxwell needs 3 more wickets to complete 50 ODI wickets

1: Zampa needs 1 more wicket to complete 50 ODI wickets.

11/13: ODI series victories for Australia in bilateral series in Asia (consisting of 3+ matches) since 2000. The only exceptions are: Vs India in 2013/14 (where AUS lost 2-3) and Vs India in 2017/18 (where AUS lost 1-4). This includes a streak of 9 successive bilateral ODI series victories in Asia (3+ match series) from 2001 to 2012.

24.81 vs 38.38: Aaron Finch’s average as ODI skipper (24.81) vs his average as a player (38.38).

83.59 vs 51.29: Virat Kohli’s average as ODI skipper (83.59) vs his average as a player (51.29).

7/7: Virat Kohli has converted each of his last 7 ODI fifties to centuries at home: -

1. 121 vs NZ, Mumbai, 2017

2. 113 vs NZ, Kanpur, 2017

3. 140 vs WIN, Guwahati, 2018

4. 157* vs WIN, Vizag, 2018

5. 107 vs WIN, Pune, 2018

6. 113 vs AUS, Nagpur,2019

7. 123 vs AUS, Ranchi, 2019

68.75%: India win 68.75 % of the time whenever Kedar Jadhav is involved in a partnership of 50+ runs (11 out of 16 prior instances).

85.19 %: 85.19 % of Kedar Jadhav’s ODI wickets are batsmen batting in the top-6 (23/27).

58.15: Kedar Jadhav’s batting average at #6, the highest by any to have scored 500+ ODI runs at that position. Michael Bevan is next with an average of 56.71.

62: Dhawan-Sharma needs 73 runs to complete 1000 runs for the opening wicket against Australia in ODIs.

52: Runs for Rohit Sharma to reach 3,000 ODI runs in India. He will be the 9th Indian to this landmark after Tendulkar, Dhoni, Kohli, Yuvraj, Dravid, Ganguly, Azharuddin & Sehwag.