After a forgettable opening to the ODI series in Perth, India will look to regroup and aim for a series-levelling victory against Australia in Adelaide on Thursday, even as the focus firmly remains on the veteran pair of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who endured modest returns with the bat on return to international action for the first time since their Test retirements earlier this year.

Apart from a late cameo from Nitish Kumar Reddy and an impressive spell from left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh, there were hardly any positives that India would want to take from Sunday’s rain-affected match that lasted less than 50 overs.

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While Virat and Rohit struggled, Shubman Gill had a rare recent failure on his ODI captaincy debut as the visitors looked a bit rusty in their 50-over retu

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