Kohli, Rohit struggle as India lose to Australia in ODI Perth opener

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Mitchell Marsh powered Australia to ODI triumph against India arsenic Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli failed successful their instrumentality to planetary cricket.

Published On 19 Oct 2025

Australia’s stand-in skipper Mitchell Marsh continued his good tally of signifier connected Sunday, scoring 46 not retired and starring his broadside to a seven-wicket triumph implicit India successful the weather-affected archetypal one-day planetary (ODI) astatine Perth Stadium.

India limped to 136-9 from 26 overs, interrupted 4 times by rain, mounting Australia a revised people of 131 which the hosts reached successful 21.1 overs.

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The oversea of bluish successful the 42,423-strong assemblage did not person to hold agelong to spot Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli aft India were enactment into bat.

Having retired from the game’s different formats with an oculus connected the 2027 World Cup, the erstwhile captains made their instrumentality to nationalist work for the archetypal clip since winning the Champions Trophy successful March.

Neither looked convincing against Australia’s gait bowlers, with Rohit edging Josh Hazlewood to 2nd gaffe connected 8 and Kohli cutting Mitchell Starc to a diving Cooper Connolly astatine backward constituent for a duck.

“All of their batters are world-class and legends of the game,” said spinner Matthew Kuhnemann, who picked up 2-26. “In one-day cricket, especially, to get wickets up beforehand makes a monolithic difference.”

India skipper Gill retired cheaply

New one-day skipper Shubman Gill was dismissed for 10 erstwhile helium tickled seamer Nathan Ellis to wicketkeeper Josh Philippe, leaving India reeling astatine 37-3 erstwhile airy drizzle halted play for 2 hours.

The assemblage applauded sarcastically erstwhile the covers were removed, past successful earnest erstwhile Shreyas Iyer (11) slashed Hazlewood to the fence. The bowler got his revenge successful his adjacent over, however, arsenic Philippe took different leg-side catch.

Kuhnemann and medium-pacer Mitch Owen kept up the unit and halted immoderate momentum Axar Patel (31) and KL Rahul (38) generated, though Nitish Kumar Reddy brought immoderate excitement with a accelerated 19 disconnected 11 balls.

Deputising for Pat Cummins, whose Ashes hopes stay uncertain owed to a backmost injury, man-of-the-match Marsh kick-started Australia’s reply by bludgeoning 3 sixes, carrying implicit awesome signifier against South Africa and New Zealand.

Philippe, playing his archetypal ODI since 2021 owed to the lack of Josh Inglis and Alex Carey, supported his skipper with an assertive 37 earlier holing retired to Arshdeep Singh successful the deep.

Matt Renshaw helped his squad location with 21 not out, portion Arshdeep, Axar and Washington Sundar claimed 1 wicket apiece.

“We knew we didn’t person that galore runs, but we conscionable wanted to explicit ourselves,” Arshdeep said.

The bid moves to Adelaide connected Thursday earlier concluding successful Sydney connected Saturday.