Australia’s seven-wicket win in a rain-truncated opening ODI here on Sunday was indeed set up by taking wickets upfront but spinner Matthew Kuhnemann backed India to bounce back strongly after a heavy loss in the first game of the tour.

India were blown away as they could manage only 136 for nine in the first half which was marred by repeated rain interruptions here but it was the disappointing return of Rohit Sharma (8) and Virat Kohli (0) at the start of the game which set the tone in Australia’s favour.

The Optus Stadium here saw Indian fans turning up in large numbers in support of the visiting side which had Rohit and Kohli playing their first international match since March this year, but their failures with the bat underlined an ordinary outing for India.

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