IND vs AUS: What happened last time when India played an ODI in Sydney?

The third IND vs AUS ODI will be played at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on October 25 (Saturday).

Indian Cricket Team are pulling their socks up for the third and final ODI against Australian Cricket Team, scheduled to be played on Saturday, October 25 at Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney. With India trailing 2-0 in the three-match series, the third encounter will be a dead-rubber game.

Australia, led by Mitchell Marsh in the absence of captain Pat Cummins, have sealed the ODI series after their back-to-back victories in the first two games. In the opening ODI at Optus Stadium in Perth, the Men in Yellow outplayed India by seven wickets by chasing a 131-run target. Marsh was adjudged Player of the Match (POTM) for his outstanding knock of an unbeaten 46 runs in the encounter, which was reduced to 26 overs per innings due to rain.

The hosts repeated their heroics against the visitors in the second ODI at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, clinching a victory by two wickets in a nail-biting clash. This time, they restricted Shubman Gill & Co. at 264/9 in the first innings with a four-wicket haul by Adam Zampa, and later reached the target with half-centuries by Matthew Short (74) and Cooper Connolly (61*). Zampa was awarded Player of the Match for his brilliant bowling effort.

While the Shubman Gill-led side have lost the series, they will aim to end the campaign on a positive note by winning the final encounter in Sydney. However, they need to elevate their performance in both batting and bowling departments to overpower Australia’s supremacy at home.

IND vs AUS: What happened last time when India played an ODI in Sydney?

The last ODI between India and Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney took place in November 2020, when both sides locked horns in the second game of a three-match series. Led by then captain Virat Kohli, India lost the clash by 51 runs.

Opting to bat first, Aaron Finch-led Australia posted a mammoth total of 389/4 in the first innings, smacking Indian bowlers all over the park. Finch (60) and David Warner (83) built an opening stand of 142 runs to provide a great start with their half-centuries.

Batting at No.3, Steve Smith shattered a quick-fire century, scoring 104 runs off just 64 deliveries. Marnus Labuschagne (70) and Glenn Maxwell (63*) hammered fifties to provide a perfect finish to the team’s batting.

In the gigantic chase, Indian batters fought hard with openers Mayank Agarwal and Shikhar Dhawan etching a stand of 58 runs, however, both lost their wickets inside nine overs. After that, Kohli (89) and Shreyas Iyer (38) added a 93-run stand for the third wicket, while KL Rahul slammed a half-century (76).

However, the Men in Blue lost five wickets before reaching the mark of 300 runs, and eventually crawled to 338/9 till 50 overs, losing the game by a huge margin of 51 runs. Smith was adjudged Player of the Match for his century. With the victory, the Aaron Finch-led side sealed the three-match series by winning the first two encounters.

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