India vs Australia ODIs: Top 3 batsmen with most hundreds

#1 Sachin Tendulkar (9 hundreds)

Sachin Tendulkar

Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar, not surprisingly, holds the record for most ODI hundreds against Australia. In 71 matches, he hit nine hundreds against the Aussies at an average of 44.59 and a strike rate of 84.74.

Two of Tendulkar’s most famous hundreds against Australia came at Sharjah in 1998. His 143 from 131 balls in the 6th match of the tri-series saw India qualify for the final even as they lost the game. In the summit clash, on his 25th birthday, Tendulkar dazzled his way to 134 from 131 balls as India chased down 273 to clinch the trophy.

Tendulkar’s highest score of 175 came at Hyderabad in November 2009, but it was a massive heartbreak moment. Chasing 351, Tendulkar took India to 332 in the 48th over. However, he was then the seventh man out, having hit 19 fours and four sixes in his incredible 141-ball stay. In a throwback to the 90s, the lower order collapsed, and India lost the match by a slender margin of three runs.

The legend scored an unbeaten 117 in the first final of the 2008 CB series at Sydney, which India went on to win. His 141 at Dhaka in 1998 knocked Australia out of the Champions Trophy.

Tendulkar’s blazing 100 from 89 balls at Kanpur in 1998 is well recollected for its seven sixes. In fact, the master blaster's maiden ODI ton was also against Australia -- 110 in the third game of the 1994 Singer World Series, a game India comprehensively won by 31 runs.

Apart from his centuries, Tendulkar also registered 15 half-centuries against the Aussie attack.