Overall

Played 67: Australia won 39, India 25, Abandoned 3

IN SOUTH AFRICA

The teams are meeting for the first time on South African soil.

IN WORLD CUP

Played 7: Australia won 5, India 2

1) June 13,1983 in Nottingham: Australia 320/9 in 60 ovs (Trevor Chappell 110, Graham Yallop 66 not out; Kapil Dev 5/43). India 158 in 37.5 ovs (Krish Srikkanth 39,Kapil Dev 40; Ken MacLeay 6/39). Australia won by 162 runs. MoM: Trevor Chappell.

2) June 20, 1983 at Chelmsford: India 247 in 55.5 ovs (Yashpal Sharma 40, Sandeep Patil 30; Rodney Hogg 3/40). Australia 129 in 38.2 ovs (Allan Border 36; Madan Lal 4/20, Roger Binny 4/29). India won by 118 runs. MoM: Roger Binny.

3) October 9,1987 in Madras: Australia 270/6 in 50 ovs (David Boon 49, Geoff Marsh 110, Dean Jones 39; Manoj Prabhakar 2/47). India 269 in 49.5 ovs (Sunil Gavaskar 37, Krish Srikkanth 70, Navjot Sidhu 73; Craig McDermott 4/56). Australia won by 1 run. MoM: Geoff Marsh.

4) October 22, 1987 in Delhi: India 289/6 in 50 overs (Sunil Gavaskar 61, Navjyot Sidhu 51, Dilip Vengsarkar 63, M. Azharuddin 54 n.o.; Craig McDermott 3/61). Australia 233 in 49 ovs (David Boon 62, Dean Jones 36, Steve Waugh 42; M. Azharuddin 3/19, Maninder Singh 3/34).India won by 56 runs. MoM: Mohd.Azharuddin.

5) March 1,1992 in Brisbane: Australia 237/9 in 50 ovs (David Boon 43, Dean Jones 90; Kapil 3/41, Manoj Prabhakar 3/41). India 234 in 47 overs (M. Azharuddin 93, Sanjay Manjrekar 47; Tom Moody 3/56). Australia won by 1 run —Target reduced to 236 in 47 ovs. MoM: Dean Jones.

6) February 27, 1996 in Bombay: Australia 258 in 50 ovs (Mark Waugh 126, Mark Taylor 59). India 242 in 48 ovs (S.Tendulkar 90, Sanjay Manjrekar 62; Damien Fleming 5/39). Australia won by 16 runs. MoM: Mark Waugh.

7) June 4, 1999 at The Oval: Australia 282/6 in 50 ovs (Mark Waugh 83, Adam Gilchrist 31, Steve Waugh 36; Robin Singh 2/43); India 205 in 48.2 ovs (Ajay Jadeja 100 n.o., Robin Singh 75; Glenn McGrath 3/34, Steve Waugh 2/8). Australia won by 77 runs. MoM: Glenn McGrath.

HIGHEST TOTALS

Australia 338/4 in 50 ovs (Visakhapatnam, April 3, 2001)

India 315 in 49.5 ovs (Bangalore, March 25, 2001)

LOWEST TOTALS

Australia 101 in 37.5 ovs (Perth, December 8, 1991)

India 63 in 25.5 ovs (Sydney, January 8, 1981)

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES

Australia 133 not out Mark Waugh (Pune, March 28, 2001)

(Note: Out of 14 hundreds scored by Australian batsmen against India Mark Waugh and Geoff Marsh have three each, Ricky Ponting two, Michael Bevan, Allan Border, Trevor Chappell, Matthew Hayden and Kepler Wessels one each)

India 143 Sachin Tendulkar (Sharjah, April 22, 1998)

(Note: Out of 14 hundreds scored by Indian batsmen against Australia Sachin Tendulkar has five, Ajay Jadeja two and Hemang Badani, Sourav Ganguly, Raman Lamba, V.V.S.Laxman, Ravi Shastri and Krishnamachari Srikkanth one each)

BEST BOWLING

Australia 6/39 Ken MacLeay (Nottingham, June 13, 1983)

India 5/15 Ravi Shastri (Perth, December 8, 1991)

Record at SuperSport Park (Centurion): First meeting.