Indian national cricket team in Australia in the 2015/16 season

The series of games of the Indian national cricket team in Australia in the 2015/16 season took place from 9 to 31 January 2016. The international cricket tour was part of the 2015/16 international cricket season and includes five ODIs and three Twenty20s . The ODI series was won by Australia 4-1 while India won the Twenty20 series 3-0.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour against the West Indies . India last played against South Africa and should then complete a tour against India. However, since the Indian government did not agree to a tour against Pakistan outside India and Pakistan insisted on its home right or on a neutral venue, this did not come about. This tour serves as preparation for the ICC World Twenty20 2016 and is the continuation of the tour in the previous year , where only test games were held.

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney Perth Canberra

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on July 9, 2015.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide	Adelaide oval	53,583	1. T20
Brisbane	The gabba	42,000	2. ODI
Canberra	Manuka oval	12,000	4. ODI
Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground	100.024	3. ODI; 2. T20
Perth	WACA Ground	20,000	1. ODI
Sydney	Sydney Cricket Ground	48,000	5. ODI; 3. T20

Squad lists

India named its squad on December 19, 2015.

Tour matches

January 8 scorecard	Perth	Indians 192-4 (20)	-	Western Australian XI 118-6 (20)
		Indians wins with 74 runs

January 9 scorecard	Perth	Indians 249 (49.1)	-	Western Australian XI 185 (49.2)
		Indians wins with 64 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Perth

January 12th scorecard	Perth	India 309-3 (50)	-	Australia 310-5 (49.2)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

Second ODI in Brisbane

January 15 scorecard	Brisbane	India 308-8 (50)	-	Australia 309-3 (49.0)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

Third ODI in Melbourne

January 17th scorecard	Melbourne	India 295-6 (50)	-	Australia 296-7 (48.5)
		Australia wins with 3 wickets

Fourth ODI in Canberra

January 20 scorecard	Canberra	Australia 348-8 (50)	-	India 323 (49.2)
		Australia wins with 25 runs

Fifth ODI in Sydney

January 23 scorecard	Sydney	Australia 330-7 (50)	-	India 331-4 (49.4)
		India wins with 6 wickets

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Adelaide

January 26th scorecard	Adelaide	India 188-3 (20)	-	Australia 151 (19.3)
		India wins with 37 runs

Second Twenty20 in Melbourne

January 29th scorecard	Melbourne	India 184-3 (20)	-	Australia 157-8 (20)
		India wins with 27 runs

Third Twenty20 in Sydney

January 31 scorecard	Sydney	Australia 197-5 (20)	-	India 200-3 (20)
		India wins with 7 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Rohit Sharma	India	5	5	441	110.25	171 *	2	1
Virat Kohli	India	5	5	381	76.20	117	2	2
Steven Smith	Australia	5	5	315	63.00	149	1	1
Shikhar Dhawan	India	5	5	287	57.40	126	1	2
George Bailey	Australia	5	5	227	56.75	112	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
John Hastings	Australia	4th	38	10	21.50	4/58	0	0
Ishant Sharma	India	4th	40	9	27.77	4/77	0	0
Umesh Yadav	India	5	47.5	7th	49.28	3/67	0	0
Kane Richardson	Australia	3	28	6th	29.50	5/68	1	0
James Faulkner	Australia	5	47	5	57.80	2/60	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Virat Kohli	India	3	3	199	199.00	90 *	0	3
Shane Watson	Australia	3	3	151	75.50	124 *	1	0
Rohit Sharma	India	3	3	143	47.66	60	0	2
Aaron Finch	Australia	2	2	118	59.00	74	0	1
Suresh Raina	India	3	3	90	90.00	49 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Jasprite Bumrah	India	3	11.3	6th	17.16	3/23	0	0
Ravindra Jadeja	India	3	12	5	18.80	2/21	0	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	India	3	12	4th	22.75	2/28	0	0
Shane Watson	Australia	3	11	3	23.66	2/24	0	0
Hardik Pandya	India	3	7th	3	26.00	2/37	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
ODI	Rohit Sharma
T20	Virat Kohli

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Steven Smith
2. ODI	Rohit Sharma
3. ODI	Glenn Maxwell
4. ODI	Kane Richardson
5. ODI	Manish Pandey
1. T20	Virat Kohli
2. T20	Virat Kohli
3. T20	Shane Watson

Web links

The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ^ Arun Venugopal: India-Pakistan series appears difficult - Thakur . Cricinfo. January 3, 2016. Accessed December 19, 2015.
2. ↑ Adelaide to host day-night test, Australia Day T20 ( English ) Cricinfo. July 9, 2015. Accessed December 9, 2015.
3. ↑ Yuvraj, Nehra included in T20 squad for Australia series ( English ) Cricinfo. December 19, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
4. ^ Raina dropped for Australia ODIs; maiden call-up for Barinder Sran ( English ) Cricinfo. December 19, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / India in Australia ODI Series, 2015/16 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / India in Australia ODI Series, 2015/16 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / India in Australia T20I Series, 2015/16 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / India in Australia T20I Series, 2015/16 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 26, 2016.