India vs Australia 1st ODI: Complete Awards List, Player of the Match, Key Stats

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KL Rahul rose from the ruins to star for India as the hosts beat Australia in the 1st ODI on Friday (March 17) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

The home side won the match by 5 wickets and now have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.

Australia were bundled out for 188 runs after being put into bat by Indian captain Hardik Pandya. Despite a decent start, the visitors collapsed remarkably as they lost their last six wickets for just 19 runs. In reply, India were in trouble as they lost four wickets for just 39 runs.

But KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya, and then Ravindra Jadeja batted brilliantly to take India home. Rahul shrugged off his dismal Test form and was the star with the bat for India, scoring an exquisite unbeaten 75 runs. Jadeja also remained unbeaten on 45 as the pair stitched 108 runs for the 6th wicket to give India their elusive win.

India vs Australia 1st ODI Complete List of Awards

Take a look at all the match awards from the 1st ODI between India and Australia. Check out all the award winners-

ACC Trusted player of the Match

KL Rahul got the award for his wonderful batting. Rahul scored an unbeaten 75 off just 91 balls and was the key architect of India's run chase.

Dream11 Gamechanger of the Match

Mohammed Shami got the award for his second spell with the ball, where he picked up 3/8 in just 3 overs.

Hyundai Ferocious Player of the Match

Mitchell Starc got the award for his outstanding performance within the powerplay of the Indian batting. Starc picked up 2 wickets in the powerplay and ended up picking up 3 wickets. Virat Kohli (4), Shubman Gill (20) and Suryakumar Yadav (0) fell victim of Starc's fiery spell.

Mastercard Player of the Match

Ravindra Jadeja picked up his player of the match award for his all-round performance. Jadeja picked up two wickets with the ball and then scored an unbeaten 45 with the bat. This is his 3rd player of the match award in this Australia series (2 POTM awards in the Test series).

India vs Australia 1st ODI Key Stats

• KL Rahul scored his 7th fifty in 17 ODI innings as the number 5 batter for India. He also has one hundred to his name.
  
  
• Virat Kohli has an average of just 8.2 in the last 5 ODIs when India have batted 2nd in the match. Staggeringly, he has an average of 109 in the last 5 ODIs when India have batted first in the match.
  
  
• Mohammed Shami became the fastest Indian bowler to reach 30 three-wicket hauls in ODIs. He achieved it in his 87th inning. Ajit Agarkar is the second quickest as he got it in 120 innings.
  
  
• India bowled out Australia within 35.4 overs, the quickest in their history in ODIs against Australia.
  
  
• India now have won all over their 7 ODIs in 2023. They won all of their previous six matches against New Zealand (3) and Sri Lanka (3).
  
  
• Suryakumar Yadav scored his first duck in ODI cricket on his 19th inning.