MOHALI (Punjab): Mohammed Shami’s 5 for 51 helped India beat Australia by five wickets on Friday in the first ODI of 3-match series.
KL Rahul won the toss and opted to bowl first. In the chase, Shubman Gill (74) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (71) put up a solid opening stand before KL Rahul (58 not out) and Suryakumar Yadav (50) did the finishing work. The victory helped India go top of ICC Men’s ODI Rankings replacing Pakistan.
India is now the number one team across all the three formats – ODI, T20I and Test cricket.
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis(w), Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Short, Pat Cummins(c), Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa
India (Playing XI): Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w/c), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami
