Most ODI Runs for India in Australia

Most ODI Runs for India in Australia

Key Insights on India’s Leading ODI Run-Scorers in Australia

Exclusive Indian Batting Feats Down Under

Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most ODI runs for India in Australia, having aggregated 1491 runs in 46 innings. He is also the highest run-scorer against Australia overall in ODIs.

Tendulkar and Virat Kohli are the only Indian batters with 10 or more fifty-plus scores in Australia in ODIs.

VVS Laxman amassed 443 runs in 10 innings in the 2004 VB Series, the most by an Indian batter in an ODI series in Australia.

Centuries and Highest Individual Scores

Rohit Sharma is the only Indian opener to aggregate 1000-plus ODI runs in Australian conditions. His five hundreds are also the most by an Indian opener in ODIs down under.

Virat Kohli is the other batter to smash five ODI centuries for India in Australia. Sharma has smashed the highest ODI individual score for India in Australia. He scored an unbeaten 171 against the hosts in the 2016 Perth ODI. This is also the highest individual score by a visiting batter in an ODI loss in Australia.

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Statistical Benchmarks and Strike Rate

Rohit Sharma is the only one to average above 50 in Australia among the Indian batters with at least 500 runs in ODIs.

Kapil Dev has the highest strike rate of 92.67 in Australia among the Indian batters who’ve faced more than 500 balls in ODIs.

368 of Kris Srikkanth’s 815 runs came at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the most by a batter for India at an Australian venue in ODIs.

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Wicketkeeper and Captaincy Records

MS Dhoni scored 860 of his 1053 runs while leading, the most by an Indian captain in Australia in ODI cricket.

And 1053 of his runs came as a wicketkeeper, again the most for India down under.

Dhoni’s tally is overall the second-highest by an overseas wicketkeeper in Australia.

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