Factbox: Cricket - India vs Australia ODI series

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Factbox on the five-match one-day international series between India and Australia, which begins on Saturday (all times in GMT):

INDIA

ICC ODI world ranking: second

Captain: Virat Kohli

Coach: Ravi Shastri


Recent form:

Feb. 3, 2019: beat New Zealand by 35 runs in Wellington

Jan. 31, 2019: lost to New Zealand by eight wickets in Hamilton

Jan. 28: beat New Zealand by seven wickets in Mount Maunganui

Jan. 26: beat New Zealand by 90 runs in Mount Maunganui

Jan. 23: beat New Zealand by eight wickets in Napier

Squad: India ODI squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Rishabh Pant, Lokesh Rahul, Siddharth Kaul (first two matches), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (last three matches)


AUSTRALIA

ICC ODI world ranking: sixth

Captain: Aaron Finch

Coach: Justin Langer


Recent form

Jan. 18, 2019: lost to India by seven wickets in Melbourne

Jan. 15, 2019: lost to India by six wickets in Adelaide

Jan. 12, 2019: beat India by 34 runs in Sydney

Nov. 11, 2018: lost to South Africa by 40 runs in Hobart

Nov. 9, 2018: beat South Africa by seven runs in Adelaide

Squad: Aaron Finch (captain), Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Ashton Turner, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jhye Richardson, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon, Adam Zampa, D'Arcy Short


SCHEDULE

First ODI: March 2, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad (0800)

Second ODI: March 5, Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur (0800)

Third ODI: March 8, JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi (0800)

Fourth ODI: March 10, Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali (0800)

Fifth ODI: March 13, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi (0800)