In the first ODI match between India and Australia in Perth, 15 overs each have been reduced due to rain. Team India seems to be in trouble at the moment. Team India, who came to bat after losing the toss, had scored 37 runs after losing 3 wickets in 11.5 overs of play. Meanwhile, rain stopped the game twice.
8.5 overs of the Indian innings could be bowled. Meanwhile, rain interfered in the match. However, the match started again after some time. After this 18 balls were bowled and rain stopped the match for the second time. The match could not be held for a long time.
Once again when the match was started, a total of 30 overs were reduced in both the innings. From here a bowler was given a chance to bowl a maximum of 7 overs. In such a situation, Australia will chase the modified score as per Duckworth Lewis rule. There will be a break of 20 minutes after India’s innings.
After losing the toss in the match, the Indian team came to bat and got a shock in the form of Rohit Sharma on the score of just 13. Rohit, playing his 500th international match, was out after scoring just 8 runs in 14 balls.
Virat Kohli came to bat at number three, but could not even open his account despite playing 8 balls. India also lost the wicket of captain Shubhman Gill (10) at a total of 25.
When the play started again after the rain stopped, Team India also lost the wicket of Shreyas Iyer (11) in 13.2 overs. After this, KL Rahul came to bat at number six.
The Indian team could face only 14.2 overs, meanwhile rain interfered in the match for the third time. Till now the Indian team has scored 46 runs after losing 4 wickets. Akshar Patel is unbeaten on 11 runs, while KL Rahul has not been able to open the account at the moment.
From the opposition team, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Ellis have taken one wicket each, while Josh Hazlewood has taken 2 wickets in his name.
With IANS inputs