When Australia toured India for the 7 match ODI series and 1 T20 game in October-November 2013, India’s performance was lauded by cricket pundits and the Australians were treated as underdogs. However, it did not present the true picture of India’s real stature as an ODI nation. Victories in the T20 game followed by the series win in the ODIs camouflaged the fact that India had an utterly poor bowling strength. There was not a single Indian bowler, who could pose any threat to the Australian batting. The entire series was a tale of big scores by batsmen on either side. Even in defeat, the Australian batsmen were not found wanting, and their superb batting was ably matched by the Indian trio of Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli with MS Dhoni chipping in, once in a while. In just five ODIs, where play was possible, India and Australia together amassed nearly 3300 runs.