Pakistan triumphed over the home side, Australia in Perth as they defeated them by eight wickets following their win in Adelaide by nine wickets. After conceding a defeat in the first game of the series in Melbourne, the Asian side bounced back incredibly to win a bilateral series down under after 22 years.

With this 1-2 series defeat against Pakistan, Australia marked their first ODI series loss at home after 2123 days, i.e., since India won the series by a 2-1 margin in 2019 where MS Dhoni was named the Player of the Series.

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

Australia’s last ODI series loss at home came under the captaincy of Aaron Finch. They started the series in Sydney following the Test series loss on a high with a 34-run win over India.

Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh and Peter Handscomb scored fifties 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 into vain.

India returned to Adelaide with a bang and won a close contest by chasing 299 in the final over, courtesy of MS Dhoni’s consecutive fifties and Virat Kohli’s 104(112). Bhuvneshwaar Kumar took 4/45 upfront.

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Yuzvendra Chahal stepped up in the series decider with a 6/42 in the first innings, bundling Australia for 230. Bhuvneshwar dismissed Finch for three games in a row as well. Despite an early couple of wickets, India pulled through with Dhoni’s 87(114) and Kedar Jadhav’s 61(57), clinching the decider in the final over by 7 wickets.

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

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