After a months-long hiatus, Indian legends Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma made their comeback to international cricket with the first ODI in Perth on Sunday. However, their highly anticipated return went in vain as both specialist batters failed to churn out big against the home side. On one hand, Rohit was dismissed by Josh Hazlewood at 8 off 14 balls in the 3rd over. On the other hand, Kohli's innings lasted just eight balls and was dismissed by Mitchell Starc in the 7th over.
After the dismissals of both these star batters, Team India came on backfoot in the Perth ODI, and the momentum of runs also fell, following which skipper Shubman Gill also gave away his wicket on a loose ball. After the end of the Powerplay, Team India had already lost three important wickets and po