Australia Beat India 1st Odi Getty
Shubman Gill’s captaincy journey in ODI cricket did not start well. In the first ODI match against Australia, the Indian team under the captaincy of Gill had to face a crushing defeat. In the first match of the ODI series played in Perth, Team India’s batting looked defeated in front of the Australian pace attack. Even Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who returned to the team after a long time, could not leave any impact. In this match which was badly affected by rain, Team India scored 136 runs and Australia achieved the target by losing 3 wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the series.
The first ODI match of the series was played on Sunday 19 October at Optus Stadium, Perth. This match was special for both the teams. Team India was playing its first ODI match on this ground. Australia had never won on this ground. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were returning to Team India. The Australian team was fielding without many senior players. Both the stalwarts of Team India failed, while the Australian debutants (Matthew Renshaw and Mitchell Owen) contributed. The result was that the Australian team, which had lost the last three ODI matches on this ground, got its first win.
The story of Team India’s defeat was written during its batting itself, when Australia’s legendary fast bowlers wreaked havoc on the fresh pitch of Perth. This series and especially this match was being promoted for the return of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma but both the star batsmen were sent back to the pavilion by Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood in just 6 overs. Shubman Gill also could not do anything special in his captaincy debut, while Shreyas Iyer’s bounce and Hazlewood’s figure of 36 remained the same here too.
However, rain disrupted the Indian innings four times, which did not give the batsmen a chance to settle down. But the truth is also that Australia’s bowlers did not give them a chance to settle down and rain could have been the last line of defense for Team India. However, due to this, the match was reduced to only 26 overs, in which Team India scored 136 runs after losing 9 wickets. The innings of KL Rahul, Akshar Patel and Nitish Kumar Reddy took the team to this point. Mitchell Owen and Matthew Kuhnemann took 2-2 wickets for Australia.
(News is being updated)