Indian cricket team in Australia in 2015–16

The Indian cricket team toured Australia from 8 to 31 January 2016 to play two tour matches, five One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The full schedule for the tour was announced by Cricket Australia on 9 July 2015.

Indian cricket team in Australia in 2015–16
 
  Australia India
Dates 8 – 31 January 2016
Captains Steve Smith (ODIs)
Aaron Finch (1st & 2nd T20Is)
Shane Watson (3rd T20I)
MS Dhoni
One Day International series
Results Australia won the 5-match series 4–1
Most runs Steve Smith (315) Rohit Sharma (441)
Most wickets John Hastings (10) Ishant Sharma (9)
Player of the series Rohit Sharma (Ind)
Twenty20 International series
Results India won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Shane Watson (151) Virat Kohli (199)
Most wickets Shane Watson (3) Jasprit Bumrah (6)
Player of the series Virat Kohli (Ind)

Australia won the ODI series 4–1. The series broke the record for the most runs scored in a bilateral ODI series of five matches or fewer, with a total of 3,159. Eleven centuries were also scored in the ODI series, which was also a record. India won the T20I series 3–0 and became the number one ranked team in the ICC T20I Championship.

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