A clinical Australia beat India by seven wickets in a rain-curtailed first ODI in Perth on Sunday. Australia have thus taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, with the second ODI set to be played in Adelaide on Thursday. Intermittent rains had forced the match to be curtailed to a 26-overs-a-side affair. India batted first and were restricted to a score of 136/9, with Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Owen and Matthew Kuhnemann all taking two wickets each.

Australia captain Mitchell Marsh then finished unbeaten on 46 off 52 balls. While Arshdeep Singh raised hopes with the early dismissal of the dangerous Travis Head, Josh Philippe and then Matt Renshaw then stood strong with Marsh and saw Australia home. It was Australia’s first ODI win at the Perth Stadium.

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