Australia beat India by five wickets to win first ODI
Perth, Jan 12: Australia chased down a strong total of 310 to register a commendable five-wicket victory over India in the opening game of the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series at the WACA Ground here on Tuesday. Hosts skipper Steve Smith (149 off 135) and George Bailey (122 off 120) helped them chase down the challenging total with ease to reach 310/5 in 49.2 overs to take a 1-0 lead. India’s opener Rohit struck a 163-ball 171 alongside Virat Kohli’s 91 to help India to 309/3 in 50 overs. 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)