08.40 pm: TOSS: Australia have won the toss and Aaron Finch opts to bat first at SCG. India has not played an ODI for 290 days (11th Feb)...

08.40 pm: TOSS: Australia have won the toss and Aaron Finch opts to bat first at SCG.
India has not played an ODI for 290 days (11th Feb); its longest break between ODIs played since 1979-80 (539 days)
— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab) November 27, 2020
India has not played an ODI v AUS in Australia without MS Dhoni in its playing XI since 2004
India has never won 3 consecutive ODIs v AUS in Australia#AUSvIND 🇮🇳
Australia has played only one ODI in Australia in the past 679 days
— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab) November 27, 2020
Australia has not won consecutive ODIs on home soil since January 2017
Past 5 ODIs at the SCG have been won by the team batting 1st; with an average score batting 1st of 305#AUSvIND 🇦🇺
Good morning! WE ARE BACK! Let's do this #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/wTy517Gcfy
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 27, 2020
Australia and India take part in a Barefoot Circle to respectfully acknowledge our First Nations people, the traditional owners of the land, and pay their respects to the country #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/SVmgU6JeDD
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 27, 2020
08.19 am: First things first. In classic BCCI fashion, we received important updates close to midnight Indian time on Thursday. Rohit Sharma had to return to India from UAE to be with his ailing father, and now, Ishant Sharma has been ruled out of the...