Hosts India will take on Australia in their opening World Cup fixture at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. 

The following is a statbox on India-Australia encounters. 

*Overall, Australia won 83 times against India's 56 after 149 ODIs, where 10 fixtures yielded no result.

*Likewise, Australia lead India 8-4 after 12 ODI World Cup encounters. In their last meet at the showpiece event, two-time champions India won by 36 runs at The Oval in 2019.

*In matches played in India, the five-time champions also lead the charts, albeit marginally, having won 33 times in 70 matches against India's 32. Five matches saw no result. However, India have the edge on home soil in nine matches since the 2019 World Cup, with five victories.

*Among active players, Rohit Sharma leads the scoring chart with 2332 runs in 43 matches against the Aussies, while Steve Smith has scored most runs, 1260, against India in 27 matches.

*On the bowling front, India pacer Mohammad Shami has taken the most wickets, 38, in 24 outings, while Australia leggie Adam Zampa tops the wicket-tally from his side, with 34 scalps in 21 matches.