Overview

• Australia defeated India by seven wickets via the DLS method in the first ODI at Perth Stadium to take a 1-0 series lead.
• Rain reduced the match to 26 overs per side, with India posting 136 for 9 and Australia set a target of 131, which they reached with 29 balls remaining.
• Mitchell Marsh, leading Australia, remained unbeaten on 46 and struck three sixes in the chase off Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj and Harshit Rana.
• Marsh moved to 102 ODI sixes and 101 T20I sixes, becoming the fourth Australian to reach 100 in both formats after Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Finch and David Warner.
• Shubman Gill captained India in an ODI for the first time and began with a loss as Australia’s chase was steadied by Josh Philippe and Matt Renshaw.