AUS vs IND: India’s five highest ODI totals against Australia in Australia

The India-Australia showdown begins on November-27 with the ODI series. The heavyweights of cricketing giants would put their best foot forward to mark the dominance. However, the Indian side might have to crack some hard nuts when their skipper Virat Kohli would leave for India. Kohli will be back to India after plying his trade in the first Test against the Kangaroos in Adelaide.

Talking about India’s series with arch-rivals, there have been a variety of occasions where some high scoring contests have come on the table. Let’s take a look at India’s five highest ODI scores against kangaroos on the Australian soil.

18 January 2004 – 303/4

This match also took place in Brisbane, where India posted 303 runs while batting first and Sachin Tendulkar (86 off 95) and VVS Laxman (103 off 113) turned out to be the ultimate heroes. India won the game by 25 runs, and Laxman was named as the player of the match for his sheer brilliance.

15 January 2016 – 308/3

The match was held in Brisbane, where Men in Blue again showed up with their willows first and posted 308 runs. The hosts were successful yet again in winning the event by 7-wickets. This time, hitman Rohit Sharma (124 off 127) was named as the player of the match for his absolute heroics. For the information, All these four games came in a single series where Australia dominated the days and walked away with 4-1.

12 January 2016 – 309/3

The match was held in Perth and it turned out to be an extremely competitive one before Australia stole the limelight as they grabbed the match by 5-wickets. India posted 309 runs on the board, but hosts chased it well in time. Rohit Sharma (171 off 163) turned explosive on the day, but the player of the match award went to Steve Smith (149 off 135) for his match-winning knock.

20 January 2016 – 323

The match was held in Canberra, and the hosts won it by a good margin of 25 runs. Batting first, Australia posted huge 348/8 runs on the board, and the visitors got bundled on 323 runs. Aaron Finch came with an impressive century, but Kane Richardson was named as the player of the match for bagging a five-wicket haul.

23rd January 2016 – 331/4

Happy birthday Manish pandey. He will always remembered for this knock. One of the best knock by Indian in Australia. India went on to win this game. @im_manishpandey #ManishPandey pic.twitter.com/gotjzdu4Fe

— Akshay (@theakshay18) September 10, 2020

It is India’s highest ODI score against Australia on their soil so far. The match was played in Sydney, where India scored 331/4 in 49.2 overs and, therefore, won the game by six wickets with two balls to spare. Manish Pandey was named as the player of the match for his brilliant ton (104 off 81) that took the team home.