Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c and wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Barinder Sran.
Australia: Steve Smith (c), David Warner, Aaron Finch, George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade, James Faulkner, Scott Boland, Josh Hazlewood, Joel Paris.
India will look to get their combination right as they renew their fierce rivalry against a confident Australia in the first of the five-match ODI series starting in Perth on Tuesday, marking the onset of a long limited-overs schedule stretching until the World T20.
The short limited overs series, including five ODIs and three T20 internationals, Down Under will initiate the Indian team’s preparations for the marquee ICC World T20 scheduled in March-April.
The visitng team will need to win at least a game in the series against to retain their current second position in the ICC ODI Team Championships, even as second-placed Virat Kohli looks to close in on A.B. de Villiers in the batting chart.
Live Updates (all times in IST):
12:04 pm: Sharma hits 150! It has come off 155 balls. India 276/2 (47.3)
11:53 am: Kohli's gone for 91. Dhoni walks in. India 243/2 and 5 overs remain.
11:43 am: 200 partnership is up! Now, Kohli nearing his century, on 88. India 237/1 (43)
11:30 am: 10 overs remain. The two plunder 12 runs off Boland's last. India 216/1 after 40 overs.
11:16 am: 100! Sharma hits his 9th ton off 122 balls, his third in Australia.
11:07 am: India's into its last 15 overs, 90 balls remain. Score: 180/1. Rohit one hit away from a century.
10:53 am: Kohli hits his 35th ODI half-century, with a six off Boland's delivery. India 161/1 (31.4)
10:48 am: India looks set for a big score here, reach 149/1 after 30 overs. Kohli needs one more run for a half-century, Sharma is in the 80s.
10:35 am: India 136/1 (27). Sharma lofts Maxwell for a six, and Kohli follows that with a four. Their 100 partnership is up in 123 balls.
10:17 am: India go past 100, 104/1 (22). Kohli on 32 (43), Sharma 56 (67).
10:06 am: Fifty for Sharma, completes it in 63 balls. India 92/1 (19.2)
9:57 am: Sharma (44) nearing a half-century; Kohli with over a run-a-ball 23. India 82/1 (17)
9:48 am: India is ticking along nicely, score 74/1 after 14 overs. The two have upped the tempo in the last five overs, scoring over 6 RPO.
9:37 am: Kohli (11), Sharma (36) looking to consolidate here. The other debutant, Scott Boland, is introduced into the attack. India 61/1
9:23 am: After 8 overs, India 38/1.
9:15 am: Dhawan's gone for 9, mistimes a pull and is caught by Mitchell Marsh. Kohli walks in. India 36/1(6.4)
9:10 am: Just a single off this over from Hazlewood. India 29/0 (5.0)
9:05 am: SIX! Sharma pulls a short one from Paris - a 84-metre six. After 4 overs, India 28/0
9:02 am: After 3 overs, India 20/0. Rohit Sharma: 14(12); Shikhar Dhawan: 2(6)
9:00 am: Debutant Joel Paris bowls his first over, a tidy one that - only three runs from it. India 14/0 (2.0)
8:53 am: India off to a quick start here, 11 runs on the board after the first over.
8:50 am: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan will open the innings for India
8:16 am: Dhoni wins toss, India to bat first.
8:15 am: Barinder Sran is set to make his debut. Australian captain Steve Smith, who says the rookie pacer has impressive variations in his armoury and was discussed in the dressing room.
