5 notable statistics from the recent Australia vs India ODI series

#3 India only had two pace-bowlers take wickets

Siraj had a difficult debut

For the most part, this series showed that India has great depth in their side. Yet one area they may be concerned about is their pace-bowling depth.

While Kumar was brilliant, and Mohammed Shami was decent, India trialled three different pace-bowlers alongside Kumar and Shami with largely underwhelming results.

After a decent series against the West Indies earlier in the year, Khaleel Ahmed was selected for the first ODI, and was even given the new ball above Shami.

However, he didn't bowl his full quota of 10 overs, with figures of 0/55 off his eight overs. In fact, the two overs he didn't bowl were the ones Rayudu bowled instead, where he was later deemed to have a suspect action.

India, therefore, opted to hand Mohammed Siraj his debut for the second ODI, but his selection returned similar results, as he ended with 0/76 after bowling his 10 overs.

India then went for the all-round option of Vijay Shankar for the third ODI, and would have been much more encouraged by his performance. Shankar was only required to deliver six overs, but went about his work tidily, conceding just 23 runs.

India will, of course, have Bumrah back for the World Cup, but on the basis of this series, they will perhaps be a bit more concerned about who will step in if one of these three gets injured.