Australian cricket team in India in 2023–24

Australian cricket team in India in 2023–24
	India	Australia
Dates	22 September 2023 – 3 December 2023
Captains	K. L. Rahul[n 1](ODIs) Suryakumar Yadav (T20Is)	Pat Cummins[n 2](ODIs) Matthew Wade (T20Is)
One Day International series
Results	India won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Shubman Gill (178)	David Warner (161)
Most wickets	Mohammed Shami (6)	Glenn Maxwell (4)
Player of the series	Shubman Gill (Ind)
Twenty20 International series
Results	India won the 5-match series 4–1
Most runs	Ruturaj Gaikwad (223)	Matthew Wade (128)
Most wickets	Ravi Bishnoi (9)	Jason Behrendorff (6)
Player of the series	Ravi Bishnoi (Ind)

The Australia men's cricket team toured India in September, November and December 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.^[1] The ODI series formed part of both teams' preparation for the 2023 Cricket World Cup tournament.^[2] The T20I series formed part of both teams' preparation for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.^[3][4] The T20I series took place four days after the 2023 Cricket World Cup final.

Squads

India		Australia
ODIs[5]	T20Is[6]	ODIs[7]	T20Is[8]
KL Rahul (c, wk) Ravindra Jadeja (vc) Ravichandran Ashwin Jasprit Bumrah Ruturaj Gaikwad Shubman Gill Shreyas Iyer Ishan Kishan (wk) Virat Kohli Prasidh Krishna Mukesh Kumar Hardik Pandya Axar Patel Mohammed Shami Rohit Sharma Mohammed Siraj Washington Sundar Shardul Thakur Tilak Varma Kuldeep Yadav Suryakumar Yadav	Suryakumar Yadav (c) Ruturaj Gaikwad (vc) Shreyas Iyer (vc) Ravi Bishnoi Deepak Chahar Shivam Dube Yashasvi Jaiswal Avesh Khan Ishan Kishan (wk) Prasidh Krishna Mukesh Kumar Axar Patel Jitesh Sharma (wk) Arshdeep Singh Rinku Singh Washington Sundar Tilak Varma	Pat Cummins (c) Sean Abbott Alex Carey (wk) Nathan Ellis Cameron Green Josh Hazlewood Josh Inglis (wk) Spencer Johnson Marnus Labuschagne Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell Tanveer Sangha Matthew Short Steve Smith Mitchell Starc Marcus Stoinis David Warner Adam Zampa	Matthew Wade (c, wk) Sean Abbott Jason Behrendorff Tim David Ben Dwarshuis Nathan Ellis Aaron Hardie Chris Green Travis Head Josh Inglis (wk) Spencer Johnson Glenn Maxwell Ben McDermott (wk) Josh Philippe (wk) Kane Richardson Tanveer Sangha Matthew Short Steve Smith Marcus Stoinis David Warner Adam Zampa

Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya were named as India's captain and vice-captain, respectively, for the third ODI of the series.^[9] Mukesh Kumar was added to the squad for the second ODI as a replacement for Jasprit Bumrah.^[10]

Suryakumar Yadav captained the Indian side for the T20I series in place of Rohit Sharma as the latter had taken a break due to the heavy schedule of the World Cup. He became the 13th captain for India in Men's T20Is. This series was Yadav's first assignment as the captain of the Indian T20I team, although here he was the captain for a temporary period.

Shreyas Iyer was selected in the India's squad as vice-captain, only for the last two T20Is.^[11]

On 21 November 2023, Aaron Hardie and Kane Richardson replaced rested David Warner and injured Spencer Johnson in the Australia's T20I squad respectively.^[12][13]

For the last two T20Is, Sean Abbott, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis and Adam Zampa were released from the Australia's squad,^[14] while Ben Dwarshuis, Chris Green, Ben McDermott and Josh Philippe were added to Australia's squad.^[15]

On 28 November 2023, Deepak Chahar was added to India's squad for the last two T20Is.^[16]

ODI series

1st ODI

22 September 2023 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  276 (50 overs)	v	India 281/5 (48.4 overs)
David Warner 52 (53) Mohammed Shami 5/51 (10 overs)		Shubman Gill 74 (63) Adam Zampa 2/57 (10 overs)

India won by 5 wickets Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: KN Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Mohammed Shami (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• Matthew Short (Aus) made his ODI debut.
• Mohammed Shami became the first ever Indian bowler & fast bowler to take a five-wicket haul against Australia in India.^[17]

2nd ODI

24 September 2023 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard

India  399/5 (50 overs)	v	Australia 217 (28.2 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 105 (90) Cameron Green 2/103 (10 overs)		Sean Abbott 54 (36) Ravichandran Ashwin 3/41 (7 overs)

India won by 99 runs (DLS method) Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Ind)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Australia were set a revised target of 317 runs in 33 overs due to rain.
• Spencer Johnson (Aus) made his ODI debut.
• This was India's highest ever ODI score against Australia.^[18]

3rd ODI

27 September 2023 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  352/7 (50 overs)	v	India 286 (49.4 overs)
Mitchell Marsh 96 (84) Jasprit Bumrah 3/81 (10 overs)		Rohit Sharma 81 (57) Glenn Maxwell 4/40 (10 overs)

Australia won by 66 runs Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Steve Smith (Aus) scored his 5,000th run in ODIs.^[19]

T20I series

1st T20I

23 November 2023 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Australia  208/3 (20 overs)	v	India 209/8 (19.5 overs)
Josh Inglis 110 (50) Prasidh Krishna 1/50 (4 overs)		Suryakumar Yadav 80 (42) Tanveer Sangha 2/47 (4 overs)

India won by 2 wickets ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vishakhapatnam Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Suryakumar Yadav (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• Suryakumar Yadav captained India for the first time in T20Is.^[20]
• Josh Inglis (Aus) scored his first century in T20Is, and the equal fastest by an Australian (off 47 balls).^[21]
• This was India's highest successful run chase in T20Is.^[22]

2nd T20I

26 November 2023 19:00 (N) Scorecard

India  235/4 (20 overs)	v	Australia 191/9 (20 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 58 (43) Nathan Ellis 3/45 (4 overs)		Marcus Stoinis 45 (25) Ravi Bishnoi 3/32 (4 overs)

India won by 44 runs Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: KN Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Yashasvi Jaiswal (Ind)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

28 November 2023 19:00 (N) Scorecard

India  222/3 (20 overs)	v	Australia 225/5 (20 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 123* (57) Jason Behrendorff 1/12 (4 overs)		Glenn Maxwell 104* (48) Ravi Bishnoi 2/32 (4 overs)

Australia won by 5 wickets Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Glenn Maxwell (Aus) played in his 100th T20I.^[23]
• Ruturaj Gaikwad (Ind) scored his first century in T20Is, and became the first Indian to score a century against Australia in T20Is.^[24]

4th T20I

1 December 2023 19:00 (N) Scorecard

India  174/9 (20 overs)	v	Australia 154/7 (20 overs)
Rinku Singh 46 (29) Ben Dwarshuis 3/40 (4 overs)		Matthew Wade 36* (23) Axar Patel 3/16 (4 overs)

India won by 20 runs Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Umpires: KN Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Axar Patel (Ind)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Chris Green (Aus) made his T20I debut.
• This was the first T20I to be played at the venue.^[25]

5th T20I

3 December 2023 19:00 (N) Scorecard

India  160/8 (20 overs)	v	Australia 154/8 (20 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 53 (37) Ben Dwarshuis 2/30 (4 overs)		Ben McDermott 54 (36) Mukesh Kumar 3/32 (4 overs)

India won by 6 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: KN Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Axar Patel (Ind)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

Notes

1. Rohit Sharma captained India in the third ODI.
2. Steve Smith captained Australia in the second ODI.

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External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo