IND vs AUS: What Is Rohit Sharma And Virat Kohli's ODI Record Against Australia? Fifties, Centuries And More

India vs Australia ODI Series 2025: India's veteran batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are all set to be in action after a long while as they will be playing in the upcoming ODI series against Australia, starting on October 19. The three-match series opener will be played in Perth, followed by the next two games in Adelaide and Sydney, respectively.

Virat and Rohit now remain just one-format players, having retired from Test and T20I formats. They will play their first match for India since the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final, which the Men in Blue won by getting the better of New Zealand at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on March 9.

Rohit will be playing as a specialist batter, having been replaced by Shubman Gill as India's ODI skipper. Kohli, on the other hand, has been in magnificent form in the ODIs lately. scored a century for the Indian team in the Champions Trophy Group A match against Pakistan on February 23 and played a knock of 84 runs against Australia in the first semifinal on March 4.

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Virat is the world's No. 5 batter in ICC ODI rankings, whereas Rohit is in third place.

The upcoming three-match series will be massively important for both Virat and Rohit, considering their ODI future, with the lack of exposure to international cricket due to their retirements from the other format. However, the veteran duo has set their eyes on the ICC ODI World Cup 2027 amid heavy speculations.

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In the list of batters with the most runs in ODIs against Australia, Kohli is in 2nd place with 2451, and Rohit takes the third position with 2407 runs in 46 matches.

Rohit Sharma's ODI record vs Australia

Matches: 46

Runs: 2407

Average: 57.30

Strike Rate: 96.01

50s/100s: 9/8

Highest Score: 209

Virat Kohli's ODI record vs Australia

Matches: 50

Runs: 2451

Average: 54.46

Strike Rate: 93.69

50s/100s: 15/8

Highest Score: 123

Notably, only Sachin Tendulkar has scored more runs (3077 in 71 ODIs) against the six-time world champions in the 50-over format of the game.

Rohit Sharma ODI record vs Australia (in AUS)

Matches: 19

Runs: 990

Average: 58.23

Strike Rate: 90.99

50s/100s: 2/4

Highest Score: 171*

Virat Kohli ODI record vs Australia (in AUS)

Matches: 18

Runs: 802

Average: 47.17

Strike Rate: 88.71

50s/100s: 4/3

Highest Score: 117

Kohli last played an ODI match against Australia in Australia on December 2, 2020. At Manuka Oval in Canberra, he walked out to bat at No. 3 and scored 63 runs from 78 balls. On the other hand, Rohit’s last ODI appearance in Australia came on January 18, 2019, in Melbourne. He scored nine runs from 17 balls in that fixture.