Australia defeated India and won the first rain-interrupted ODI match.

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Australiastand-in captain Michelle Marsh Continuing his excellent form, he scored unbeaten 46 runs and led his team to victory by seven wickets. India In the first ODI match affected by weather at Perth Stadium.

India collapsed to 136-9 in 26 overs, with four interruptions due to rain, leaving Australia with a revised target of 131, which the hosts achieved in 21.1 overs.

There was no wait to see the sea of ​​blue in the crowd of 42,423 people. Rohit Sharma And Virat Kohli After this India was called to bat.

Has retired from other formats of the game With 2027 World Cup in mind, former captains return to national duty for the first time Since winning the Champions Trophy in March.

With Rohit in the lead, neither of them looked confident against Australia’s fast bowlers. Josh Hazlewood Second slip on eight and Kohli cutting Mitchell Starc Cooper Connolly dives to backward point for a duck.

Newly appointed ODI captain Shubman Gill (10) edged fast bowler Nathan Ellis to wicketkeeper Josh Philippe, taking India’s score to 37-3 when play was halted for two hours due to light drizzle.

The crowd clapped derisively when the covers were removed, then gave a thunderous applause when Shreyas Iyer (11) hit Hazlewood on the fence. However, the bowler got his revenge two balls later, as Phillips took another catch down the leg side.

Former India captain Rohit Shama was out cheaply in Perth.

Former India captain Rohit Shama was out cheaply in Perth. ,getty images,

Medium pacer Mitch Owen and spinner Matthew Kuhnman kept up the pressure and prevented any momentum from Axar Patel (31) and KL Rahul (38), although Nitish Kumar Reddy brought some excitement with 19 off 11 balls.

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Deputation for Pat Cummins, whose Ashes hopes uncertain due to back injury Marsh continued Australia’s excellent form against South Africa and New Zealand by hitting three sixes to start Australia’s reply.

Phillips, playing his first ODI since 2021 due to the absence of Josh Inglis and Alex Carey, supported his captain with an aggressive 37 before dismissing Arshdeep Singh in the deep.

Matt Renshaw scored an unbeaten 21 runs to lead his team to victory, while Singh, Patel and Washington Sundar took one wicket each.

The series concludes in Adelaide on Thursday before concluding in Sydney on Saturday.

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