The ICC World Cup match between India and Australia broke multiple records in the ICC event.
Records in IND vs AUS in ODI World Cup 2023
India is scheduled to play in the fifth match of the ICC World Cup 2023 against Australia on October 08 at MA Chidambaram Stadium. Winning the toss, Australia won the toss and opt to bat. India folded Australia for 199 runs and won the match with 6 wickets. Both teams were impressive in their bowling attacks.
KL Rahul was impressive in batting as he scored 97* runs and helped the team to a quick victory. With this score, he joins and stands second in the list of highest scores by Indian WK in the ODI World Cup.
Highest score by Indian WK in ODI World Cup:
- 145 – Rahul Dravid v SL, 1999
- 97* – KL Rahul v AUS, 2023*
- 91* – MS Dhoni v SL, 2011
- 85* – MS Dhoni v ZIM, 2015
- 65 – MS Dhoni v AUS, 2015
With a target of 200 India’s skipper Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan opened the innings where they were sent out in duck. Shreyas Iyer was also sent out with a duck and this match tops the list for the lowest score at a fall of three wickets to win the ODI match.
Lowest score at fall of 3rd wkt to win an ODI match
- 2 – India vs AUS, Chennai, 2023*
- 4 – India vs ZIM, Adelaide, 2004
- 4 – Sri Lanka vs BAN, Mirpur, 2009
- 5 – Sri Lanka vs NZ, Dhaka, 1998
With the knock of 97* runs KL Rahul joins and stands third in the list of highest score for India vs Australia in the ODI World Cup. Shikar Dhawan stands first with 117 runs on the World Cup 2019 and Ajay Jadeja stands second with 100 runs at 1999.
Highest scores for India vs Australia in ODI World Cup
- 117 – Shikhar Dhawan, The Oval, 2019
- 100* – Ajay Jadeja, The Oval, 1999
- 97* – KL Rahul, Chennai, 2023*
Virat Kohli has the most runs for India in the ICC ODI tournaments. He has 2785 runs and tops the list. Sachin Tendulkar stands second with 2719 runs.
Most runs for India in ICC limited-over tournaments
- 2785 – Virat Kohli (64 Inns)*
- 2719 – Sachin Tendulkar (58)
- 2422 – Rohit Sharma (64)
- 1707 – Yuvraj Singh (62)
- 1671 – Sourav Ganguly (32)
The partnership of Virat Kohli and KL Rahul for 165 runs joins the highest partnerships for 4th wkts or below for India in the World Cup. The 196* partnership runs by MS Dhoni and Raina tops the list on the match against Zimbabwe at 2015.
Highest partnerships for 4th wkts or below for India in WC
- 196* – MS Dhoni & SK Raina vs ZIM, Auckland, 2015
- 165 – V Kohli & KL Rahul vs AUS, Chennai, 2023*
- 142 – VG Kambli & NS Sidhu vs ZIM, Kanpur, 1996
- 141 – A Jadeja & RR Singh vs AUS, The Oval, 1999
Mitchell Starc joins the list of Most wickets in the ODI World Cup. He stands fifth in the list with 50 wickets.
Most wickets in ODI World Cup:
- 71 – Glenn McGrath
- 68 – Muttiah Muralitharan
- 56 – Lasith Malinga
- 55 – Wasim Akram
- 50 – Mitchell Starc*
- 49 – Chaminda Vaas
Mitchell Starc with the dismissal of Ishan Kishan on the first over of the innings had his 50th wicket in ODI World Cup and tops the list of fewest balls taken to 50 wickets in WC.
Fewest balls taken to 50 wickets in World Cup:
- 941 – Mitchell Starc*
- 1187 – Lasith Malinga
- 1540 – Glenn McGrath
- 1562 – M Muralitharan
- 1748 – Wasim Akram
