India vs Australia Highlights: Mitchell Marsh stands tall to sink India's ship; Australia take 1-0 lead

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: We thought we had some good news with reports saying skies were clear in Perth just about an hour before toss, but the most recent update is that all those hopes seem to have jinxed that! Suddenly becoming grey in Perth, and any downpour will threaten to push the toss back. Stay tuned for updates…

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: If Virat Kohli has brags of an enviable record in Australia, Rohit isn't far behind. In fact, he has more runs than Kohli – 1328 from 30 innings, including five hundreds and four half-centuries. Some of Rohit's top knocks here have been daddy hundreds. The 171 he smashed at the WACA in 2016 is still considered one of his best ODI overseas centuries. It's a shame that India couldn't get the job done in that game, but even today, that knock lives rent-free in the minds of many Rohit Sharma fans. Can Rohit go one up and top it? Doubtful. Because that's not his game anymore. Rohit can't stay till the end of the innings. His role requires him to provide India with an explosive start.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: While Virat is being celebrated in Perth, certain sections of fans have reservations about him. It all began last year, when the Australian media went ga-ga over Kohli's farewell Test tour of Australia. However, during the course of the series, the tune, the vibe of the public changed. And once the Sam Konstas shoulder barge incident took place, there was no looking back. The Aussie fans turned on Kohli. The man they adored, the man they had nothing but respect for, the man who was more Aussie than the Australians themselves, was suddenly no longer their favourite. Nine months later, the feeling hasn't mellowed. Will Kohli be able to win his fans back? Let's find out as we build towards the toss with loads of anticipation.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: … the disastrous Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which India lost 1-3, a series that ended the Test careers of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Although it was nine months ago, the scars from that battle would sting. Besides 100s from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Kohli, which helped India win the opener in Perth, only to lose three Tests from there was a bitter pill to swallow. But hey, today is a new beginning. There's no baggage, and the eye is on the prize. If not now, then never. The current World Champions vs the Champions Trophy winners. Doesn't get bigger than this.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: On paper, this is just another bilateral series between two top-quality teams, but in reality, it's not. By the end of this series, only two taglines would make news. Ro-Ko, mat jaane do, OR, Ro-Ko mat, jaane do. What a difference one comma can make. But this is the connotation that would dominate discussions. In other words, this is an ICC-level game, boss. Tickets were sold well in advance. The stakes haven't been higher. India and Australia have become quite the rivals after India vs Pakistan were reduced to being one-sided contests. Honestly, if there are any two teams that are capable of putting on a blockbuster, it's these two.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: … but here's a trivia that will blow your mind away. Australia are a force to reckon with when it comes to Perth. In fact, at the WACA, Australia have won 29 matches, but here's where things take a rather interesting turn. The new Optus Stadium, which was launched in January 2017, has yet to see Australia win an ODI here. Sure enough, the Aussies have played just three ODIs here but have never picked up a win. Australia's last match at this venue was against Pakistan last year; Pakistan romped them after bundling them out for 140. In the match prior against South Africa, Australia were skittled for 140. Clearly, they haven't found batting easy on this deck.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: India last played in a bilateral series in Australia all the way back in 2020, right before the famous tour which wrapped up with Rishabh Pant’s winning runs at the Gabba. Still in the throes of the Covid lockdown at the time, Australia did hammer out their home advantage to win the first two matches of that series, a pair of centuries for Steve Smith doing the damage as they piled on the runs and India fell short. The visitors got one game away, preventing the whitewash, with a famous partnership between Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja key in providing that success. It might have been a dead rubber, but there is certainly an argument to be had that it created momentum which carried over into success in the subsequent T20I series, and the Test series following that.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: There's plenty more to this ODI series than just Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. So that with, there's Shreyas Iyer, who, like his two former captains, hasn't played for India since the Champions Trophy final. Besides Shubman Gill's captaincy Test, will Harshit Rana – whose selection merit has been questioned by former greats, then defended by coach Gautam Gambhir himself – rise to the occasion in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah? Would India trust Dhruv Jurel with the gloves, or will KL Rahul continue to keep wicket? Will Yashasvi Jaiswal get a chance? It would take three matches and a week for these questions to be answered.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: Rohit Sharma, 38, is set to enter the final phase of his international career. Having retired from T20Is and Tests, Rohit stands on the cusp of a milestone very few have achieved before him. When Rohit walks out to bat or take the field against the Aussies, he will become the fifth Indian to play 500 international matches for his country. Only four have played more than Rohit, and it's a legendary list, featuring Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli. Even Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble or Virender Sehwag haven't played that many. Soak it in, Rohit. And we will embrace it with you.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: Virat Kohli loves scoring against the Aussies, especially when it's on their land. In fact, Kohli's record while batting in Australia is pretty rocking. In 29 matches, Kohli has pummeled 1327 runs at an average of 51.03, including five centuries and six fifties. Of course, these include his performances against teams other than Australia, too, but that only enhances his reputation. And when it's Australia, no discussion is complete without the mention of his epic knock of 133 against Sri Lanka at Hobart, which, in 2012, was believed to mark the arrival of the real Virat Kohli. 13 years later, as he plays his final ODI series Down Under, can he top it?

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: It is quite the opposite story for the visitors. India have been a buzzsaw of a white ball team in recent months, the talent speaking for itself as the team manages to string together really strong results and make losing a habit of the past. After suffering a series defeat to Sri Lanka in Gautam Gambhir’s debut tour in mid 2024, India haven’t lost a single ODI match – but granted, they haven’t played too many either. There was the preparatory three-match set against England, where the visitors were whitewashed on pitches conducive to turn, and then the five matches of the Champions Trophy in Dubai, where nobody could vanquish India. Put those together, and it is an impressive list of victories. But is it just a little bit of fool’s gold when it comes to India’s quality, or indicative of the balance and quality they now possess?

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: That transition of the current team is perhaps seen in how Australia have failed to string together wins in the format, having lost series to both Sri Lanka and Pakistan before that Champions Trophy campaign, where they only won one match in the group stages before being knocked out of the semifinals. They were most recently beaten by South Africa on home turf, after losing the first two matches of the series: a monster performance in the third ODI shows how dangerous the Aussies can still be, ut they have stopped stringing these winnings runs together like they used to.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: Like India, the Aussies too are undergoing where the old guard is making way for the new. David Warner has retired, while Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins are nursing injuries. Of course, the name Travis Head needs no introduction, nor do Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, but besides those three, the rest of the line-up brings a breath of fresh air. Josh Phillippe, Matt Ranshaw, Mitchell Owen and Cooper Connolly are names India hasn't seen much of. Marnus Labuschagne has been brought in as an injury replacement after Cameron Green was ruled out with side soreness. However, the bigger picture is that these two teams with fresh faces are ushering rapidly towards the future, arguably a knockout clash at the 2027 World Cup in South Africa.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: Shubman Gill, like many leaders before him, is tasked with managing players who are legends. MS Dhoni handled Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, and Virat Kohli did the same with Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra and others. And now it's Gill's turn. Managing two stalwarts as big as Kohli and Rohit, two former India captains, can be tough, but only if he allows it to. Because rest assured, Ro-Ko will lend all its support to ensure the captaincy switch is smooth and India returns home victorious. After all, nothing is bigger for Kohli and Rohit than to ensure a bright and promising future for Indian cricket.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: While India don’t have ODI experience at Optus Stadium, they will have fond memories of the last time they played here, which happened to be the opening match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2024. Yes, the series didn’t go to plan at all, but the start was still a memorable one: Virat Kohli scoring the century that would prove to be his last in Tests, Jasprit Bumrah breathing absolute fire in a man of the match performance, and India absolutely crushing Australia by 295 runs. It was a Test that gave India plenty of hope, only for it to be deflated – but nevertheless, strong memories associated with this ground, which can only help the visitors out.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: The Optus Stadium in Perth is a fairly new ground in Australia, which has become Western Australia’s home ground ahead of the WACA in recent years. However, since it was inaugurated all the way back in 2018, it has only hosted three ODI matches for Australia: one against England, one against South Africa, and most recently in 2024, against Pakistan. It isn’t the most run-friendly pitch, the fast bowlers getting to do a lot of the talking on this fast and bouncing wicket. It will be India’s first match in this format against the Aussies, who might be better off knowing just what to expect: the average first innings score at this venue currently stands at just 180. That’s a score that would be considered par at some T20 venues.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: There's always one element in a party that's around to spoil the fun, and in this case, it's in the sky. Damn you, rain! The series opener at Perth's Optus Stadium is in serious jeopardy, with as much as 70 percent rain waiting to hamper the proceedings, and more importantly, play spoilsport to Kohli and Rohit's much-anticipated return. The only flipside to it is that recent weather reports, as far as the Indian team is concerned, haven't lived up to the forecast. And boy, we really hope today is another such instance. Go away, rain! Set up the perfect stage for Ro-Ko to mark their arrival in style.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: Where were you when Sachin Tendulkar's 117 and 91 led India to its maiden ODI win in Australia? Or when MS Dhoni's finishing brilliance emerged to the fore for the umpteenth time in an otherwise forgettable tour? Or when Virat Kohli, the master-chaser, took down the Aussies on their soil at their own game? India has achieved some of their most encouraging wins in Australia. Who can forget the 1985 Benson and Hedges Champions of Champions Trophy, a watershed moment in the glorious history of Indian cricket? In case your memory isn't as sharp anymore, we are offering you a chance to relive some of them here.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: The last time we saw these two teams face each other in an ODI contest came during the ICC Champions Trophy, which is why we saw India play ODI cricket last. In the semifinal of that competition, Australia were a threat on the slow wicket of Dubai, but India’s mastery of that surface came through: chasing 265, it was the master of the chase, Virat Kohli, stitching together the innings with 84 of the calmest runs. Help from Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul ensured the target was always very achievable, and ultimately achieved with a couple of overs to spare.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: Buy it or not, but our man Shubman Gill's era is here. Having taken the mantle in Tests, promoted as deputy to Suryakumar Yadav in T20Is and replaced Rohit Sharma in ODIs, Gill, 26, is all set to embark on a fresh challenge in his leadership role. If England was the toughest challenge in Gill's captaincy thus far, this one promises to be a close second. Beating Australia in Australia – irrespective of any format – is a task in itself. Not too many Indian captains have been able to do it – only MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli have achieved it – but if anyone else holds the credentials, it's Gill. He is coming off his maiden Test series win as captain, at home, but he must not be expecting any pleasantries from the Aussies.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: The last time India toured Australia, the first wave of Covid had just gotten over, Virat Kohli was India's all-format captain, Ravi Shastri was the head coach, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was still one of India's frontline pacers, while the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Arshdeep Singh and Sai Sudharsan were yet to make their India debuts. The year was 2020. Before India would go on to script that famous Test series win in Australia over Tim Paine's side, they played three ODIs – two in Sydney, one in Canberra. Unfortunately, though, India lost the ODIs 1-2 but took the T20Is 2-1. It took five long years, but here we are, at last.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: Diwali is around the corner. For some, it's tomorrow, and for others, the day after, but one thing we can commonly agree on is that for us die-hard cricket aficionados, the festive season has come early. And it's primarily because of two guys: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Ro-Ko is back in action, and what better way to kick off celebrations than to watch them play against a team that loves scoring runs. However, their return is a bit more emotional than ever before. With both standing at a career crossroads, the three-ODI series could have a significant bearing on their road to the 2027 World Cup. But let that be a worry for another day, for today, just enjoy the return of two of India's biggest batting superstars, and hope they get going.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS 1st ODI 2025: We don't mean to wake you up this early on a Sunday morning, but then again, the occasion is such that there isn't much of an option. After seven long months, India plays ODI cricket. Yes, for the first time since the Men in Blue won the Champions Trophy. And boy, it's been such a long wait, hasn't it? The Royal Challengers Bengaluru won their first-ever IPL, India fought heroically to draw the Test series in England, The Asia Cup was conquered for a record-extending ninth occasion, and Shubman Gill became India's captain in two out of three formats. Talk again time flying. So, hey! We know it's a Sunday, and an early morning, but wakey-wakey! It's time for some good old one-day cricket!