IND Vs AUS Live Cricket Score, 1st ODI: Game Resumes In Perth|India 25/3 (9.2)

It was just a passing shower in Perth and the game is back on. Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel have got a major task ahead of them to rebuild India's innings after losing 3 early wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill.

The short delay would have definitely helped Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel understand as to how they can play against this lethal Aussie bowling attack.

Frustrating scenes in Perth as rain has interrupted the 1st ODI between the Kangaroos and Men in Blue. India will be happy with this brief delay as they look to formulate tactics to counter the red-hot Aussie bowling attack, which has been breathing fire since the start of the match.

New India captain Shubman Gill has to depart from the crease for just 10 runs. Gill unnecessarily tried to play the leg-sided delivery from Nathan Ellis and ends up handing an easy catch to Josh Philippe behind the stumps.

Not something the fans were wanting to see. After Rohit Sharma's departure for 8 runs in the 4th over, Virat Kohli has also headed back to the pavilion and he departs for a duck. Mitchell Starc bowls a length, outside off-stump delivery, which has been Kohli's weakness for so many years. The right-hander was tempted to go for a shot, and ended up nicking the ball towards 1st slip. The Aussies get rid of Ro-Ko in quick succession.

Australia are making the new ball talk as Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood are finding decent amount of swing. There is some extra bounce as well, that's how Rohit Sharma had got out.

Virat Kohli, at last, appears in the Blue jersey for the first time since the ICC Champions Trophy final in March. A sight we all had been waiting for. His match-up against Mitchell Starc is going to be fiery.

Josh Hazlewood's typically probing line and length accounts for Rohit Sharma in the fourth over. The seamer beats the opener twice and then gets one to rise sharply from a good length, and Rohit can only edge it to first slip.

With that, Virat Kohli walks out to the crease and to huge cheers as expected. Buckle up for a riveting contest.

IND: 14/1 (4)

It's time. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill walk out to open the batting for India, and it's a symbolic moment as the former skipper joins the new one as the baton is passed in the 50-over format too.

Mitchell Starc has the ball in hand for Australia, and is on the money straight away. Rohit is watchful, as he defends and scampers for a quick single.

Just to reiterate the playing XIs, India are going without the in-form Kuldeep Yadav for the opener. Nitish Kumar Reddy makes his ODI debut, and was handed his prized cap by Rohit Sharma ahead of the toss.

For the hosts, Matt Renshaw and Mitch Owen are making their respective debuts.

A single century in this series would see Virat Kohli surpass Sachin Tendulkar's all-time record of 51 centuries in ODIs, scoring most number of hundreds in a single format of the game.

Kohli is also just one century shy of becoming the first Asian batter to reach 30 overseas ODI tons.

India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh

Australia: Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Matthew Short, Josh Philippe (wk), Matt Renshaw, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood

Australia skipper Mitchell Marsh has won the toss and elected to bowl first against India.

The weather forecast for Perth today signals a high probability of rain that could significantly impact play during the match. According to multiple sources, including the Bureau of Meteorology and AccuWeather, showers are expected, with rain chances reaching up to 63% around the scheduled start time of 11:30 am local time (9:00 AM IST).

The match is scheduled to begin at 9am, with the toss at 8:30am unless rain delays it. The India vs Australia, 1st ODI will be live streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India. It will be telecast on the Star Sports Network TV channels in the country.

India: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vc), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Owen, Josh Philippe, Matthew Renshaw, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc.

Greetings and welcome to everyone joining us early on Sunday for the start of India's tour of Australia. The white-ball tourney begins with the first ODI in Perth, and we will bring to you the build-up as well as live updates from the match.