Steve Smith hit a swashbuckling 98 but Australia could not stop India powering to a 36 run victory to level their one-day International series on Friday.
Thrashed by 10 wickets in the first of the three-match series, Shikhar Dhawan made 96, KL Rahul 80 and captain Virat Kohli 78 as India made 340 for six in their 50 overs and Australia soon fell behind in the run chase.
India completely turned the tables on Australian captain Aaron Finch, who won the toss and put India in to bat. India were a totally different proposition to the side that was never in the Mumbai contest while Finch’s bowlers struggled.
Despite Smith’s 102-ball innings with a six and nine fours and Marnus Labuschagne’s battling 46, Mohammed Shami came close to a hat-trick as India’s pace attack took control and Australia were bowled out for 304 with five balls of the innings left.
Shami bowled Ashton Turner and Pat Cummins with successive yorkers and had an appeal for the third wicket turned down on review. He finished with three for 77.
The series, a key preparation for both sides ahead of this year’s T20World Cup, will now be decided in Bangalore on Sunday.
Here are the key statistics and numbers from the ODI on Friday:
Most runs in an ODI in India without an individual 100
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) January 17, 2020
644 Ind(340) v Aus(304) Rajkot 2020 *
643 Asia(337) v Africa(306) Chennai 2007
641 Eng(325) v Ind(316) Rajkot 2013
637 Eng(321) v Ind(316) Kolkata 2017#INDvAUS
Won
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) January 17, 2020
Won
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Last eight results for India in the second match of a bilateral ODI home series after losing the first match.#INDvAUS
3 ODIs at Rajkot and all 3 have been won by batting first team
— JSK (@imjsk27) January 17, 2020
Eng by 9 runs, 2013
SA by 18 runs, 2015
IND by 36 runs, 2019#INDvAUS
Mohammed Shami - Strike Rate by Phase - ODIs since 2019
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) January 17, 2020
Overs 1-10 : 41.5
Overs 11-40 : 25.0
Overs 41-50 : 14.5#INDvAUS
The double-strike of Carey and Smith was the 13th time Kuldeep Yadav has taken multiple wickets in an over in ODIs.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 17, 2020
Since his debut no other has done it more.
Bowlers taking 2+ wickets in an over most times since Kuldeep Yadav's debut:
13 - Kuldeep
7 - Rashid
7 - Mustafizur
Kuldeep Yadav becomes the 3rd fastest Indian bowler to take 100 ODI wickets:
— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab) January 17, 2020
56 ODIs - Mohammed Shami
57 ODIs - Jasprit Bumrah
58 ODIs - Kuldeep Yadav
59 ODIs - Irfan Pathan
No bowler has taken more ODI wickets since Kuldeep Yadav made his debut in June 2017#INDvAUS 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/XVimhOrWRD
Fastest spinners to take 100 ODI wickets:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 17, 2020
44 - Rashid Khan
53 - Saqlain Mushtaq
58 - Imran Tahir
58 - KULDEEP YADAV
60 - Shane Warne#IndvAus
Most 300-plus totals against a team in ODIs:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) January 17, 2020
25 : Australia v India
21 : India v Sri Lanka
18 : India v Australia*
17 : Pakistan v India#INDvAUS
Mitchell Starc's figures in Rajkot ODI - 0/78 in 10 overs.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 17, 2020
He has gone wicketless for the first time in 14 ODIs. #IndvAus
Fastest Indians to 1000 ODI runs:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) January 17, 2020
24 : Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan
25 : Navjot Sidhu
27 : KL Rahul*
29 : MS Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu
30 : Sanjay Manjrekar #INDvAUS
KL Rahul in the Rajkot ODI:
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) January 18, 2020
80 runs
52 balls
153.85 strike rate
6 fours
3 sixes
2 catches
1 stumping
Only Jos Buttler (150 vs WI, 2019) scored more runs than Rahul at 150+ SR in an ODI match alongside 3+ dismissals. #INDvAUS
Bowlers dismissing Virat Kohli most times in ODIs:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) January 17, 2020
6 : Ravi Rampaul
5 : Thisara Perera
5 : Tim Southee
5 : Adam Zampa*#INDvAUS