All you need to know about the ODI series

India tour of Australia 2020-21, Three-match ODI series

The much debated India tour of Australia is round the corner. During these tough times of new normal imposed by the corona pandemic, both the Indian and Australian boards are committed to schedule a full tour during Australia's summer season. The tour kick starts on November 27 with a three-match ODI series followed by a three-match T20I series and will be concluded by the prestigious Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

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Here is the all-you-need-to-know guide related to the three-match ODI series that kick starts the Australian 2020 summer season!

Team News:

Australia:

Captain Aaron Finch who opened for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) was out of form with the bat in the recently concluded IPL 2020 and is now set to lead Australia in this series. Stoinis had a great IPL season with both bat and ball and he also holds key for the home team. As was the case always, David Warner and Steven Smith are the players to watch out for in this three-match ODI series against India.

Squad: Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Ashton Agar, Moises Henriques, Matthew Wade, Sean Abbott, Andrew Tye, Cameron Green, Daniel Sams

India:

India will be without their regular opener Rohit Sharma in the line-up for this three-match ODI series. He was rested from the limited-overs leg of the tour owing to the hamstring injury from which he is yet to fully recover. In his absence, all eyes will be on Shikhar Dhawan who is back into the side with superb performances in the IPL 2020.

Squad: Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul (wk), Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Agarwal, Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill

How to watch the series live in India:

The series will be live telecasted on Sony network. The games will also be live streamed on Sony LIV online platform.

Where will be the series played:

The three ODIs are scheduled to be played at Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney and at Manuka Oval in Canberra. Sydney will host the first two matches of the series while the third and final ODI of the series will be played at Manuka Oval.

ODI #1: Nov 27, Australia vs India. Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
ODI #2: Nov 29, Australia vs India. Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
ODI #3: Dec 02, Australia vs India. Venue: Manuka Oval, Canberra

Win-Loss record at the venues:

Sydney Cricket Ground: Home team Australia have completely dominated India at this venue. They won 14 out of the 17 games played at this venue against India. One game was washed away by rain. Overall, Australia played 132 games at this venue winning 87 of them. On the other hand, India played 20 games at this venue and won only 5 of them!

Manuka Oval: Home team Australia won all the 4 games played at this venue while India lost the ODI games played at this venue.