All the latest news and details as Australia and India head to Sydney for the third ODI

Match facts

Who: Australia v India

 

What: BKT Tyres ODI Series, third ODI

 

When: Saturday October 25, 2025, first ball 2:30pm AEDT

 

Where: SCG, Sydney

 

Live scores: Match Centre

 

How to watch: Kayo Sports and Foxtel

 

How to listen: ABC Radio, Triple M and SEN Radio. New this summer, the CA Live app has teamed up with NRMA Insurance so you can listen to radio streams in real-time with no delay to live play using zero-latency technology. Cricket Radio (both standard and real-time) is available anywhere in Australia in the CA Live match centre, however, some audio streams may be exclusive to fans attending a match. Find out more here

Tickets: The third ODI at the SCG is sold out

 

Officials: Richard Kettleborough and Wayne Knights (field), Allahudien Paleker (third), Sam Nogajski (fourth), Jeff Crowe (match referee)

 

News and reactions post-play: cricket.com.au and the CA Live app

Series fixtures

October 19: Australia won by seven wickets (DLS method)

 

October 23: Australia won by two wickets

 

October 25: Third ODI v India, SCG, Sydney, 2:30pm AEDT

The squads

Australia squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Jack Edwards, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Owen, Josh Philippe, Matthew Renshaw, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa

 

Ins: Josh Inglis, Jack Edwards, Matthew Kuhnemann. Out: Marnus Labuschagne

Australia have already clinched the series and are set to be boosted by first-choice wicketkeeper Josh Inglis rejoining the squad in Sydney for the third ODI after recovering from a calf strain. Inglis was initially set to be part of the entire ODI series but experienced some tightness when he started running again after suffering the injury at training last month in the lead up to the New Zealand T20 tour.

Marnus Labuschagne has dropped out of the squad to return to Brisbane ahead of Queensland’s next Sheffield Shield match after providing batting cover, while spinner Matthew Kuhnemann has been recalled and NSW allrounder Jack Edwards added for the third ODI. Adam Zampa and Alex Carey returned last match in Adelaide, while Xavier Bartlett could be in line for another opportunity after taking three wickets, including the prized scalps of India captain Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli in the second ODI.

India squad: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal

India will be targeting a consolation win in the third ODI after Australia took an unassailable 2-0 on Thursday night. Rohit Sharma battled through a challenging start to score 73 in Adelaide, but it’ll be the form of their other veteran Virat Kohli that is troubling the Indian camp the most after he registered consecutive ducks for the first time in his ODI career. No doubt that pair will want to be sent off in style for what looms as their final match on Australian shores. 

After picking the same side two games in a row, will they be tempted to change things up in Sydney with young gun Yashasvi Jaiswal waiting in the wings? Dangerous left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav is also in the squad, as is swing bowler Prasidh Krishna, who could pose a significant threat with the next ball.

Possible XIs

Australia: Mitch Marsh (c), Travis Head, Matt Short, Matthew Renshaw, Josh Inglis (wk), Cooper Connolly, Mitch Owen, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa

 

India: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav

Local knowledge

The highest scoring ODI venue of the series, Australia pilled on 4-389 the last time these two sides played a 50-over match at the SCG in 2020. They played two matches at the SCG in that series with Steve Smith scoring 62-ball centuries in each of them as Australia won both games.

Unsurprisingly, spin plays a bigger role in Sydney than the previous two venues in this series, with spinners operating at a better economy rate than their fast-bowling counterparts in men’s ODIs here since 2010.

Australia have won eight of their past nine men’s ODIs at the SCG, losing once to England by 16 runs in 2018.

Form guide

Past 10 matches, most recent first. W: win, L: loss, N: no result

Australia: WWWLLLNWLL

Australia have won three on the trot in the 50-over format for the first time since their 14-game winning streak came to an end in England last year. Another win would clinch their first ODI series sweep since beating West Indies 3-0 at home in February 2024.

India: LLWWWWWWWW

The world’s top-ranked ODI side have suffered consecutive defeats after winning their previous eight one-day internationals. February’s Champions Trophy winners are in a transition phase of their own but they’ll be hoping for more out of their established stars Virat Kohli, Mohammed Siraj and captain Shubman Gill as they head to Sydney trying to avoid their first ODI series whitewash since their 2022 tour of South Africa.

Rapid stats

Australia, who hold a 2-0 lead in the three-match series, have never swept India in a bilateral men’s ODI series. The last time India failed to beat Australia in a bilateral ODI series was when they lost 3-0 at home in a five-match series in 1984.
Australia are on a six-game ODI winning streak at the SCG dating back to 2018 when they lost to England by 16 runs. The last time they recorded a longer winning run at the venue was a seven-game stretch between January 2003 and February 2005.
Australia have beaten India in the past three men’s one-day internationals played between the two nations at the SCG and won 16 of the past 18 ODIs between the two sides at the venue. India’s last ODI win at the venue was by six wickets in 2016, with David Warner (122), Mitchell Marsh (102) and Manish Pandey (104) each scoring centuries on that day.
Australia have won four of their last six men’s ODIs against India including their last two in a row and will be looking to win a third consecutive match against them in the format for the first time since June 2019.
Australia have won their last three straight men’s ODIs – as many as they had won across their 12 previous matches in the format (L9) – while India have lost their last two matches in the format and will be looking to avoid a third consecutive defeat for the first time since losing four straight from July 2021 to January 2022.
India haven’t won the toss in a men’s ODI since November 15, 2023 against New Zealand, losing 17 consecutive coin tosses since then; it is their longest ever stretch without winning a toss in the format.
Australia have scored 26 per cent of their total runs straight down the pitch in men’s ODIs in 2025, the second-highest rate of any full member nation in that time behind only Afghanistan (30 per cent), while India (25 per cent) are ranked fourth among those teams in this category.
Mitchell Starc (247) is just three away from becoming the fourth Australia player to reach 250 wickets taken in men’s ODIs after Brett Lee, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne. He returned bowling figures of 4-47 in his last ODI innings at the SCG.
Washington Sundar (India) has a batting dot ball rate of just 26.3 per cent from his 38 balls faced in ODIs in 2025, the lowest rate of any batter to face at least 12 deliveries in the men’s format so far this year.
Mitch Owen (Australia) has scored 2.77 runs per scoring shot in this ongoing men’s ODI series between Australia and India, the best of any player to have faced at least eight deliveries; he scored 36 off 23 balls in the second game of this series.
Rohit Sharma (India) has scored 50-plus runs in three of his last four ODI innings at the SCG, including 99 and 133 runs in his last two innings respectively; indeed, his 66.6 batting average at the venue is the best of any India batter to play at least three innings at the venue in men’s ODIs.

Australia v India ODIs 2025

October 19: Australia won by seven wickets (DLS method)

October 23: Australia won by two wickets

October 25: Third ODI v India, SCG, Sydney, 2:30pm AEDT

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