Melbourne Cricket Ground: The Audi of Shastri and the World Cup Wins Make It Indian Favorite

Melbourne Cricket Ground would always remind Indians of the Audi car earned by Ravi Shastri as player of the series award as then World Cup Champion India stamped its authority winning the Benson and Hedges multi-nation 1986 tournament final at MCG. India has won 10 of the 20 games they played here, and also led Australia 4-1 till 1986. Overall India has won 5 of the 14 ODI games played against Australia, losing 9. Still they hold some records. Indians even have 14 100+ partnerships on this ground besides convincingly winning the last two matched played during the World Cup 2015. Check the complete Indian record and match details at MCG played till Jan 17, 2016.

Ind in Aus: ODI Squads, Schedule and Results, Ind vs Aus Bilateral ODI Series History, Ind vs Aus T20 Record

Indian ODI Record at MCG

6/42 by Agarkar (9.3 overs with 1 maiden) vs Aus in 2004 is the best bowling by any bowler.
6/43 by Starc (10 overs with 2 maidens) vs India in 2015 is the 2nd best bowling at this venue.
MCG record of 102 runs for 7th wicket between Badani and Agarkar (2004 vs Aus)
17 wickets by Kapil Dev in 12 matches is the highest for Indian.
368 in 9 matches by Srikanth is the best batting for Indian. Rohit Sharma has 341 in 6 matches (2 100s, 1 50).
39 centuries at MCG. 5 from India, 2 from Rohit (vs Aus, Ban), 1 each by Shikhar Dhawan (vs SA), Ganguly (vs Aus) and Kohli (vs Aus)
115 by Ponting (2000) is the only Century against India.
307/7 (vs SA) and 302/6 (vs Ban) are India’s highest score here. MCG has overall 12 300+ scores, 8 by hosts.
From 1980, India has played 21, won 10 and lost 11 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, while Aussies have won 73 and lost 43 in the 120 ODIs they have played here till Jan 17, 2016.

Results, Scores of 20 Matches Indians Played at MCG
Match 1:

India def Aus by 66 runs, Dec 6, 1980
Scores: Ind 208, Aus 142, MOM: Sandeep Patil (70-ball 64 runs, 1/31 in 10 overs)

Match 2:

New Zealand def India by 10 wickets, Jan 10, 1981
Scores: Ind 112/9, NZ 113/0 in 29 overs, MOM: Bruce Edgar 65*

Match 3:

Aus def Ind by 7 wickets, Jan 11, 1981
Scores: Ind 192/5, Aus 193/3 (47.2), MOM: Graeme Wood (98*)

Match 4:

Ind def Pak by 6 wickets, Feb 20, 1985
Scores: Pak 183, Ind 184/4 (45.5), MOM: Azharuddin 93*

Match 5:

Ind def Aus by 8 wickets, Mar 3, 1985
Scores: Aus 163, Ind 165/2 (36.1), MOM: Shastri 1/34, 51

Match 6:

Ind def Pak by 8 wickets, Mar 10, 1985
Scores: Pak 176/9, Ind 177/2, MOM: Srikkanth (67)

Match 7:

Ind def Aus by 8 wickets, Jan 16, 1986
Scores: Aus 161, Ind 162/2, MOM: Steve Waugh (73*)

Match 8:

New Zealand def India by 5 wickets, Jan 23, 1986
Scores: Ind 238/8, NZ 239/5, MOM: Martin Crowe (67)

Match 9:

Ind def Aus by 6 wickets, Jan 31, 1986
Scores: Aus 235/7, Ind 238/4 (48.5), MOM: Vengasarkar (77*)

Match 10:

Aus def Ind by 7 wickets, Feb 9, 1986
Ind 187, Aus 188/3 (47.2), MOM: Greg Matthews (2/377)

Match 11:

Ind def West Indies by 5 wickets, Jan 16, 1992
Scores: WI 175/8, Ind 176/5, MOM: Tendulkar (57*, 0/38)

Match 12:

Aus def Ind by 88 runs, Jan 18, 1992
Scores: Aus 233/5, Ind 145

Match 13:

Aus def Ind by 28 runs, Jan 12, 2000
Scores: Aus 269/7, Ind 242/6, MOM: MOM: Ponting (115)

Match 14:

Aus def Ind by 18 runs, Jan 9, 2004
Scores: Aus 288, Ind 270, MOM: Symonds (88, 2/47)

Match 15:

Aus def Ind by 7 wickets, Feb 6, 2004
Scores: Ind 222, Aus 224/3, MOM: Ponting (88*)

Match 16:

Ind def Aus by 5 wickets, Feb 10, 2008
Scores: Aus 159, Ind 160/5, MOM: Ishant Sharma (4/38)

Match 17:

Aus def Ind by 65 runs, Feb 5, 2012
Scores: Ays 216/5, Ind 151, MOM: Matthew Wade (67)

Match 18:

Aus def Ind by 4 wickets, Jan 18, 2015
Scores: Ind 267/8, Aus 269/6, MOM: Starc (6/43)

Match 19:

Ind def South Africa by 130 runs, Feb 22, 2015
Scores: Ind 307/7, SA 177 (40.2), MOM: Shikhar Dhawan (137)

Match 20:

Ind def Bangladesh by 109 runs, Mar 19, 2015
Scores: Ind 302/6, Ban 193, MOM: Rohit Sharma (137)

Match 21:

Aus def Ind by 3 wickets, Jan 17, 2016
Scores: Ind 295/6, Aus 296/6, MOM: Maxwell (96 runs in 83 balls, 0/46 in 9 overs)

100+ Partnership by India

101 2 Gavaskar, Vengasarkar vs Aus 1981
124 1 Shastri, Srikkanth vs Aus 3 March 1985
102 3 Gavaskar, Vengasarkar vs Aus (31 Jan, 1986)
122 4 Azharuddin, Gavaskar vs Pak 20 February 1985
103 1 Shastri, Srikkanth vs Pak 10 March 1985, Final
109 4 Ganguly, Dravid (12 January 2000) vs Aus
103 1 Sehwag, Tendulkar (9 January 2004)
102 7 Hemant Badani, Agarkar vs Aus (Final) 6 February 2004
126 4 Rohit Sharma, Raina vs Aus 18 January 2015
127 2 Dhawam, Kohli vs SA 22 February 2015
125 3 Dhawan, Rahane vs SA 22 February 2015
122 4 Rohit Sharma, Raina vs Ban (19 March 2015)
119 2 Dhawan, Kohli vs Aus (17 Jan, 2016)
109 3 Kohli, Rahane vs Aus (17 Jan, 2016)