2123 days since the last series defeat! – When was the last time Australia lost a home ODI series and who were their opponents?

Pakistan triumphed in Perth over home team Australia, who beat them by eight wickets after their nine-wicket victory in Adelaide. After suffering a defeat in the first game of the series in Melbourne, the Asian team made an incredible recovery to win a bilateral series Down Under after 22 years.

With this 1-2 series defeat against Pakistan, Australia marked its first home ODI series defeat in 2123 days, i.e. since India won the series by 2-1 in 2019 when MS Dhoni was named Player of the Series.

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When was the last time Australia lost a home ODI series?

Australia’s last home defeat in the ODI series came under the captaincy of Aaron Finch. They started the series in Sydney after their Test series defeat with a 34-run win over India.

Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh and Peter Handscomb scored fifty and Jhye Richardson took 4/26, dismantling the Indian middle order for his player of the match award. On the other hand, Rohit Sharma’s valiant effort of 133 went in vain.

India returned to Adelaide with a bang and won a tight contest by chasing 299 in the final, thanks to MS Dhoni’s back-to-back fifties and Virat Kohli’s 104 (112). Bhuvneshwaar Kumar took 4/45 in attack.

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Yuzvendra Chahal stepped up in the series decider with 6/42 in the first innings to bundle Australia out for 230. Bhuvneshwar also dismissed Finch for three consecutive games. Despite a few early wickets, India prevailed with 87 (114) from Dhoni and 61 (57) from Kedar Jadhav to secure the deciding set in the final by seven wickets.

Since the above series, Australia has won all of the next six series, with 14 wins and only 2 losses. before Pakistan ended their run on Sunday, November 10.

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