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          21/09Result
          2nd ODI (D/N), Australia tour of India at Kolkata, Sep 21 2017
          India won by 50 runs
          Player of the Match
          Virat Kohli
          Virat KohliIndia
          21/09Result
          2nd ODI (D/N), Australia tour of India at Kolkata, Sep 21 2017
          India won by 50 runs
          Player of the Match
          Virat Kohli
          Virat KohliIndia

          AUS in IND 2017-18 News

          Elite club

          3

          No. of India players to take a hat-trick in ODIs - Chetan Sharma (1987), Kapil Dev (1991) and Kuldeep Yadav in this match.

          landmark special

          5

          No. of Australia players to score 50 or more in their 100th ODI, including Steven Smith in this match. The highest among them is 81 by Geoff Marsh.

          Openers down cheaply

          2005

          Last time Australia's openers combined for fewer runs in an away ODI than the 2 runs in this game, v NZ in Christchurch. Warner and Cartwright both added one run each in this ODI.

          Struggling finish

          67

          Runs brought by India in their last 15 overs, losing 7 wickets - 185/3 to 252/10. None of those 15 overs could yield more than 8 overs.

          Virat year

          11

          No. of 50+ scores for Kohli in ODIs this year, in just 20 innings. Only once he made more such scores - 12 50+ scores in 2011 in 34 innings.

          Rohit's den

          83.85

          Rohit Sharma's average across all formats at Eden Gardens, before today in 18 innings. His career-best Test (177), ODI (264) and T20 (109*) have all come at this venue.

          Batting first again

          3

          No. of times in a row Kohli has elected to bat first, including this match. He had done that only once in his first 15 ODIs in charge.