India were outplayed in their first match of the Australia tour on Sunday as they suffered a seven-wicket defeat in the rain-affected ODI held in Perth. The contest suffered multiple delays during India’s innings and was eventually reduced to a 26-overs-a-side contest.

India suffered a top-order collapse with their top four batters managing 29 runs between them. It was a highly anticipated contest as two white-ball giants, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, made their long-awaited competitive return.

However, instead of a flurry of boundaries, disappointment was in store for the duo with Rohit managing eight before being snuffed out by Josh Hazlewood, while Kohli failed to open his account for an eight-ball duck, becoming Mitchell Starc’s lone victim of the contest.

Given their pedigree and

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