Stats recap: India vs Australia ODI series, 2013

In 2013 Australia and India faced off against each other for a seven-match ODI series. Unfortunately, only five out of those seven matches could be played as one of the matches was called off only after 4.1 overs were bowled in the second innings.

The other match had to be abandoned due to a wet outfield. India won that series 3-2. Rohit Sharma was named the Player of the Series for his performance with the bat. He also picked up two Player of the Match awards in the series.

Another interesting fact about this series is that in four matches out of the five played both the teams posted 300+ scores.

Let us now have a look at the results and key stats from that series.

Results

1st ODI - Australia won by 72 runs. George Bailey was named the Player of the Match.

2nd ODI - India won by 9 wickets. Rohit Sharma was named the Player of the Match.

3rd ODI - Australia won by 4 wickets. James Faulkner was named the Player of the Match.

4th ODI - No result. The match was called off in the in the second innings due to rain when India was batting.

5th ODI - Match abandoned due to wet outfield.

6th ODI - India won by 6 wickets. Virat Kohli was named the Player of the Match.

7th ODI - India won by 57 runs. Rohit Sharma was named the Player of the Match.

Batting performances

383/6 by India in the 7th ODI was the highest team total of the series.

232 by India in the 1st ODI was the lowest team total of the series.

491 runs scored by Rohit Sharma was the highest number of runs scored by a player in the series.

209 by Rohit Sharma in the 7th ODI was the highest individual score in an innings in the series.

9 centuries were scored in the series.

2 centuries scored by Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli each was the most number of centuries scored by a player in the series.

18 half-centuries were scored in the series.

3 half-centuries scored by George Bailey and Glenn Maxwell each was the highest number of half-centuries scored by a player in the series.

Bowling performances

9 wickets taken by Ravichandran Ashwin was the highest number of wickets taken by a player in the series.

4/46 by Mitchell Johnson in the 3rd ODI was the best bowling performance by a player in the series.

Wicket-keeping performances

9 dismissals by Brad Haddin was the highest number of dismissals by a wicketkeeper in the series.

5 dismissals by Brad Haddin in the 3rd ODI was the highest number of dismissals by a wicket-keeper in an innings in the series.

Fielding performances

4 catches by Virat Kohli was the highest number of catches taken by a player in the series.

2 catches by Suresh Raina in the 1st ODI and Virat Kohli in the 6th ODI was the highest number of catches taken by a player in an innings in the series.