In the first one-day international (ODI) at Perth Stadium that was impacted by the weather, Australia’s stand-in captain Mitchell Marsh put in a fine run of form on Sunday, scoring 46 not out and leading his nation to a seven-wicket victory over India.
India’s scorched 136-9 from 26 overs, which was interrupted four times by rain, gave the hosts a revised target of 131, which they had previously reached in 21.11 overs.
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After India were introduced, the 42-person crowd in which watched Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli quickly awaited.
The former captains made their first appearance on national duty since winning the Champions Trophy in March after retiring from the game’s other formats with an eye on the 2027 World Cup.
Both of Australia’s pace bowlers struggled to find a footing, with Rohit edging Josh Hazlewood to second-guess on eight and Kohli diving Cooper Connolly for a duck in front of the backward-pointer.
“All of their batters are world-class and legendary players,” said spinner Matthew Kuhnemann, who recorded a 2-26 victory. To get wickets up front in one-day cricket, especially, makes a huge difference.
Gill, India’s captain, was cheaply fired.
When Shubman Gill tickled Nathan Ellis to wicketkeeper Josh Philippe, India was left reeling at 37-3 after two hours of light rain halted play.
When Shreyas Iyer (11) slashed Hazlewood to the fence, the crowd applauded sarcastically when the covers were removed. However, Philippe made a second leg-side catch in his subsequent over to get his revenge.
Kuhnemann and Mitch Owen maintained the pressure and stopped any momentum that Axar Patel (31) and KL Rahul (38), with the exception of Nitish Kumar Reddy’s rapid 19 from 11 balls.
Man-of-the-match Marsh spearheaded Australia’s response by hitting three sixes, continuing impressive form against South Africa and New Zealand, serving as Pat Cummins’ replacement whose Ashes hopes are uncertain due to a back injury.
Due to Josh Inglis and Alex Carey’s absence, Philippe started his first international series against India by bowling out to Arshdeep Singh in the deep. He supported his skipper with an aggressive 37.
Matt Renshaw scored 21 not out for his team, while Arshdeep, Axar, and Washington Sundar each took one wicket each.
“We knew we didn’t have that many runs,” Arshdeep said.
On Thursday, the series moves to Adelaide before moving to Sydney on Saturday.
Source: Aljazeera
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