India vs Australia സ്കോര്‍ ബോര്‍ഡ്, 1st ODI, Australia vs India 2020-21

India have won 12 of their last 18 men's ODIs against Australia, including their last two on the bounce.

India have won five of their last seven bilateral men's ODI series against Australia, including a 2-1 win in their last such series on Australian soil in early 2019.

Australia have won 14 of their 16 previous men's ODIs against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground; however, both of their defeats in that period have come within their last five meetings at the iconic Sydney venue.

Australia have won 11 of their last 13 men's ODIs at the Sydney Cricket Ground, including their last two on the bounce; one of their two defeats in that stretch came against India in January 2016.

India have lost each of their three men's ODIs away from home in 2020; the last time they lost more in succession outside India was a four-game stretch in January 2016 – all four of those defeats were against Australia.

Aaron Finch is just 17 shy of becoming the 16th Australian to log 5,000 runs in men's ODIs; he's notched a half-century in three of his last six ODI innings and hasn't been dismissed for a single-figure in any of his last 10.

Pat Cummins has taken the wicket of India's Shikhar Dhawan in three of Dhawan’s last five ODI innings against Australia, beating him on the front foot on each occasion.

Virat Kohli (India) had a dot ball percentage of just 30.4% in the last men's ODI series between Australia and India, the lowest of any player to have faced at least 20 balls throughout that campaign.

David Warner (Australia) boasts an ODI batting average of 57.2 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the highest of any player in the men's format (min. 10 innings); he's made two centuries and one half-century in his last five innings at the venue.

India's Mohammed Shami (50) has taken more wickets in men's ODIs since the beginning of 2019 than any other player; Australian duo Adam Zampa and Pat Cummins (43 each) are ranked joint-second.