Australia overcame Indian challenge in the first ODI of the Men in Blue’s tour down-under. Rohit Sharma scored a century for the visitors and helped his team reach a total of 309 runs in 50 overs. However, Sharma’s 171-runs knock went in vain as the Australian duo of Steve Smith and George Bailey added 242 runs for the third wicket and scored a century each as the Kangaroos went on to win the match by 5 wickets.
Following is the scoreboard of the opening game of the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series between India and Australia at the WACA Ground here on Tuesday.
India
Rohit Sharma not out 171
Shikhar Dhawan c Marsh b Hazlewood 9
Virat Kohli c Finch b Faulkner 91
MS Dhoni c Boland b Faulkner 18
Ravindra Jadeja not out 10
Extras (lb 6, w 4) 10
Total (3 wickets; 50 overs) 309
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Dhawan, 6.4 overs), 2-243 (Kohli, 44.3), 3-286 (Dhoni, 48.2).
Bowling
Josh Hazlewood 10-0-41-1
Joel Paris 8-0-53-0
Mitchell Marsh 9-0-53-0
Scott Boland 10-0-74-0
James Faulkner 10-0-60-2
Glenn Maxwell 3-0-22-0
Australia
Aaron Finch c & b Sran 8
David Warner c Kohli b Sran 5
Steve Smith c Kohli b Sran 149
George Bailey c Kumar b Ashwin 112
Glenn Maxwell c Dhawan b Ashwin 6
Mitchell Marsh not out 12
James Faulkner not out 1
Extras (lb 5, w 12) 17
Total (5 wickets; 49.2 overs) 310
Fall of wickets 1-9 (Finch, 2.3 overs), 2-21 (Warner, 4.4), 3-263 (Bailey, 41.5), 4-273 (Maxwell, 43.4), 5-308 (Smith, 49.1).
Bowling
Barinder Sran 9.2-0-56-3
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 9-0-42-0
Rohit Sharma 1-0-11-0
Umesh Yadav 10-0-54-0
Ravindra Jadeja 9-0-61-0
Ravichandran Ashwin 9-0-68-2
Virat Kohli 2-0-13-0
Match Details
Toss: India, who chose to bat
ODI debuts: Scott Boland and Joel Paris (Australia); Barinder Sran (India)
Player of the match: Steve Smith (Australia)
Umpires: Simon Fry (Australia) and Richard Kettleborough (England)
TV umpire: Mick Martell (Australia)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire: Geoff Joshua (Australia)
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