MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya’s match-changing stand and India’s brilliant bowling performance guided India to a comprehensive win in the 1st ODI of the 5-match series by 26 runs (D/L method). Let’s have a look at the records created & milestones achieved in the Chepauk ODI :
- Head to head – 124 ODI, 72 Aus, 42 Ind & 10 No Result
- 50 – Virat Kohli’s 50th International win as a Captain (19 in Test, 28 in ODIs & 2 in T20Is)
- 10 – Virat Kohli’s 10th International win in a row as a Captain which is most by any Indian Captain (Previous record : M.S.Dhoni – 9)
- 241 – M.S.Dhoni scored 241 runs between his last 2 ODI dismissals (45*,67*,49*,1* & 79). It was the 6th time when Dhoni scored 200+ runs between his 2 ODI dismissals which is a world record.
- 100 – M.S.Dhoni scored his 100th fifty in International Cricket (66 in ODIs, 33 in Tests & 1 in T20Is).
- 100.20 – M.S.Dhoni’s average at Chepauk. He has scored 401 runs in 6 innings with 2 hundreds in 1 fifty.
- 3rd – Hardik Pandya smashed 3 consecutive sixes in ODIs, third time. He did the same in both the Champions trophy games against Pakistan.
- Australia’s last 11 ODIs away from home – 9 Defeats, 2 No results & 0 win.
