The Indian team is currently taking on the hosts Australia in the first ODI of the three-match series at Optus Stadium in Perth. It hasn't been a pleasant outing for the Indian fans as their key batters
including the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, skipper Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer already went back to the pavilion leaving the visitors in a tough situation. Apart from that, the rain has been playing a spoilsport as the play has been stopped multiple times during India’s batting.
However, between all of this, skipper Shubman Gill was seen enjoying popcorn with former captain Rohit Sharmain the dressing room. In a viral video, Rohit and Gill can be seen having popcorn during India’s innings when the play was stopped due to rain.
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India manage 136/9 in 26 overs
Talking about the match, coming to bat first after losing the toss, India didn’t get a start they wanted as Rohit Sharma (8 off 14) lost his wicket against Josh Hazlewood in the fourth over at the score of 13 runs. After a few overs, Virat Kohli went for an eight-ball duck against Mitchell Starc as India were reduced to 21/2 in 6.1 overs. Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer also couldn’t do much as India lost four wickets for 45 runs in 13.2 overs. After that, KL Rahul and Axar Patel added 39 runs for the fifth wicket.
Axar Patel got out after scoring 31 runs off 28 balls, hitting three boundaries. On the other hand, KL Rahul scored 38 runs off 31 balls with the help of two fours and as many sixes. In the end, India ended up posting 136 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 26 overs. Nitish Kumar Reddy smashed two sixes in the final over to take India past 130 runs. For Australia, Mitchell Owen, Josh Hazlewood and Matthew Kuhnemann took two wickets each, while Mitchell Starc and Nathan Ellis scalped a wicket each.