The
Indian cricket team toured
Australia
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from 8 to 31 January 2016 to play two tour matches,
five
One Day International
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(ODI) and three
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) matches.
The full schedule for the tour was announced by
Cricket Australia
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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
ICC T20I Championship.
Squads
Mohammed Shami was ruled out of the tour with a hamstring injury. He was replaced by
Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the ODI matches and
Jasprit Bumrah for the T20I matches.
was added to Australia's squad to replace
Mitchell Marsh for the second ODI.
was added to Australia's squad to replace
David Warner for the second and third ODIs who left the group on paternity leave.
and
David Warner were added to Australia's squad for the 4th and 5th ODIs.
Joel Paris and
Usman Khawaja were both dropped.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar was ruled out of the T20 series due to a thumb injury. He was replaced in the squad by
Rishi Dhawan.
was added to Australia's squad for the third T20I as a replacement for
Matthew Wade.
replaced
Aaron Finch 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 ESPNcricinfo
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2015–16 Australian cricket season