IND Vs AUS 3rd ODI, Chennai Chepauk MA Chidambaram Stadium Tamil News: The Australian cricket team, which is touring India, is participating in a series of 4 Tests and 3 ODIs. In this, India won the Bard-Kavask Test series between India and Australia by 2-1. Next, a 3-match ODI series between these two teams is underway.
Accordingly, India won the first match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai by 5 wickets. Following this, Australia won the 2nd match by 10 wickets in Visakhapatnam. This leaves the series tied at 1-1.
In this situation, the 3rd ODI and the last ODI between India and Australia will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepakkam, Chennai tomorrow, Wednesday (March 22).
Chepakkam ground record
After 39 months, the one day match will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk. India has participated in 13 of the 22 ODIs played at this stadium, winning 7 and losing 5. Australia, who are playing their first ODI at this venue since 2017, have won 4 and lost 1 of the 5 matches played here so far.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (401), Virat Kohli (283), Yuvraj Singh (257), Geoff Marsh (246) and AB de Villiers (220) are the highest run scorers in ODIs played here. Apart from Kohli, Shimron Hetmyer (139), Manoj Tiwary (104) and Shai Hope (102), many leading cricketers failed to score more than 100 ODI runs here.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s total of 110 runs in his 5 innings played here has a low average of 22. On the other hand, players like Hardik Pandya (83), Rishabh Pant (71) and Shreyas Iyer (70) have scored fifties.
Players who have taken most wickets in ODIs played at MA Chidambaram Stadium include Mohammed Rafique (8), Ajit Agarkar (7), Morne Morkel (7), Harbhajan Singh (7) and Simon O’Donnell (6).
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (6), Ravichandran Ashwin (5) and Yuzvendra Chahal (3) among the Indian players who have taken wickets at this ground are not in the playing XI for tomorrow. With Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ashwin out of the current squad for ODIs, Chahal is expected to miss out on the playing XI. Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja (3), spinner Kuldeep Yadav (2) and vice-captain Pandya (2) have taken more than one ODI wicket at this ground.
As for the Australian players in the current squad, Glenn Maxwell (39), David Warner (25), Adam Zamba (5 & 1/66), Travis Head (5), Marcus Stoinis (3 & 2/54), Steven Smith (1) All played ODIs at this ground in 2017.
The teams chasing the target have won 8 times and the teams batting first have won 13 times at this ground. Chasing a target of 288 runs, West Indies defeated India by 8 wickets in the last ODI match here.
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