The Kangaroos won the three-match ODI series between India and Australia by 2-1. Australia beat India by 21 runs in the third and deciding match. Australia has won an ODI series in India after four years. At the same time, this is India’s second defeat in the last 10 ODI series.
With the defeat in the first match of this series, under the captaincy of Steve Smith, the Australia team made a remarkable comeback, where they won the second match by 10 wickets, while in the third match, they won by 21 runs and became number-1 in the ODI rankings.
In 2019, Australia defeated India by 3-2 in the five-match series on their own land. Now they have won by 2-1 in the three-match ODI series. India has lost their fifth ODI series at home since 2009. Three times Australia (2009, 2019, 2023), once South Africa (2015), and once Pakistan (2012-13) have defeated India at home.
At the same time, Australia’s record against India at the Chennai stadium has been excellent. The Kangaroo team has won five of the last 6 ODIs here. Lost one match in 2017.
Indian team has lost this second series in the last 10 ODI series since 2018. India has won eight ODI series. In 2018, India defeated the West Indies by 3–1 in the four-match ODI series. In 2019, Australia defeated India by 3–2 in the five-match series. In 2019, India won the series by defeating West Indies by 2-1. In 2020, India avenged the previous defeat by defeating Australia 2–1 in the three ODI series.
In 2021 India beat England 2-1. 3-0 clean sweep over West Indies in 2022. And in 2022, India defeated South Africa 2-1. In the beginning of 2023, India made a clean sweep over Sri Lanka 3-0. After this, in 2023, India made a clean sweep of New Zealand 3-0 at home. However, Australia defeated India in this series and broke the dream of winning the third consecutive series at home.
