The

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toured

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from 8 to 31 January 2016 to play two tour matches, five

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(ODI) and three

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(T20I) matches. The full schedule for the tour was announced by

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on 9 July 2015. Australia won the ODI series 4–1. The series broke the record for the most runs scored in a bilateral ODI series of five matches or fewer, with a total of 3,159. Eleven centuries were also scored in the ODI series, which was also a record. India won the T20I series 3–0 and became the number one ranked team in the

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Squads

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was ruled out of the tour with a hamstring injury. He was replaced by

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for the ODI matches and

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for the T20I matches. John Hastings was added to Australia's squad to replace

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for the second ODI.

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was added to Australia's squad to replace

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for the second and third ODIs who left the group on paternity leave.

Nathan Lyon Nathan Michael Lyon (born 20 November 1987) is an Australian international cricketer. He made his Test debut in 2011 and plays domestic cricket for New South Wales. Lyon is an off spin bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman. Considered ...

and

were added to Australia's squad for the 4th and 5th ODIs.

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and

were both dropped.

was ruled out of the T20 series due to a thumb injury. He was replaced in the squad by

Rishi Dhawan Rishi Dhawan (born 19 February 1990) is an Indian cricketer who plays first-class and List A cricket for Himachal Pradesh. Dhawan is primarily a medium-fast bowling all-rounder who bats in the middle-order. Dhawan has played for Kings XI Punja ...

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was added to Australia's squad for the third T20I as a replacement for

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replaced

Aaron Finch Aaron James Finch (born 17 November 1986) is a Australian international cricketer who captains the Australian cricket team in T20I and formerly captained the national team in ODI cricket. Finch currently holds the record for two of the three h ...

as captain of Australia's team for the last T20I match, due to Finch being injured.

Tour matches

T20: Western Australia XI v Indians

One Day: Western Australia XI v Indians

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

4th ODI

5th ODI

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

3rd T20I

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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