India vs Australia, 1st ODI: HIGHLIGHT Rohit Sharma’s shine but india lost by 34 runs.
Rohit Sharma scored his 22nd one day international hundred but failed to drive India past the victory line in the 1ST ODI match of three ODI series against australia at Sydney cricket ground on Saturday. Under the captaincy of Aaron Finch Australia won the first ODI by 34 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the series. The host own their 1-0 lead in the three match series to a collective batting effort by their middle order Batsman , specially Peter Handscomb. Who switched gears in the time to steer his side to 288 for five with his 73 run knock.
Sharma conjured up a magnificent 133 of 129 balls for his 22nd ODI hundred but eventually it only helped in reducing the defeat-margin as India ended up at 254 for nine while chasing a 289-run target.
INDIA INNIGS
India were gasping after losing three batsmen at a single-digit score of four before Sharma and DHONI
(51) combined to stitch together a 137-run stand for the fourth wicket  Debutant Jason Behrendorff broke the partnership by sending back Dhoni, who became only the fifth batsman to complete 10,000 runs in ODI cricket for India during the course of his knock that came off 96 balls.
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Their 50-stand came off 82 balls, while they took India past 100 in the 26th over even as Australia started to feel the pressure.Sharma reached his half-century off 62 balls, while Dhoni reached his 68th ODI half-century off 93 balls.
Thanks to the initial caution, India were only placed at 141/4 in the 32nd over, when Dhoni was trapped lbw by Behrendorff.Sharma was starting to run out of partners thereafter as Richardson castled Dinesh Karthik in the 40th over.
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The run-chase came to an informal end by the 46th over as Ravindra Jadeja (8) and Sharma holed out in the space of ten balls.
Marcus Stoinis (2-66) dismissed Sharma, and India’s hopes perished with him for there was too much for the remaining tailenders to do.
AUSTRALIA INNIGS
Earlier, India spinners Kuldeep Yadav (2/54) and Jadeja (1/48) shared three wickets between them while pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/66) accounted for two batsmen.
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Alex Carey (24) made a good start and was looking set for a longer innings, when Yadav outfoxed him in his very first over, caught at slip off a quicker top-spinner. Australia only managed 41/2 in the first 10 overs.It brought Khawaja and Marsh together, and they put on 92 runs off 111 balls for the third wicket. In doing so, they pushed India to make changes in the middle overs.
Khawaja-Marsh pair added 50 in 61 balls as Australia crossed 100 in the 23rd over. Khawaja brought up his fifth ODI half-century off 70 balls, and opened up a bit more to play some attractive sweeps.
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Stoinis’ arrival at the crease had helped press matters as both he and Handscomb opened up with a couple sixes and upped the run-rate.
Handscomb reached his second ODI half-century off 50 balls, helping push Australia past 250 in the 48th over.
