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By Chetan pandey ÷ IndvsAus 1st ODI match india win by 5 wickets.Earlier in the afternoon, Hardik Pandya of Indiawon the toss and invited Australia to bat first.Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh opened thebatting for the visitors but didn't get off to a goodstart, with Mohammed Siraj rattling the stumpsof Head in just the second over. Then Marshand Steven Smith added 72 runs for the secondwicket, with the former taking the role of anaggressor. Smith (22 off 30) was taken care of byhis opponent number just before the first drinksbreak. Marsh continued his assault on the bowlers andspanked 10 fours and 5 biggies in his whirlwindinnings off 81 from 65 balls. The Delhi Capitalsall-rounder added another 52 runs for the thirdwicket alongside Marnus Labuschagne (15off 22). The Indian spinners removed both ofthese batters in a matter of ten runs to put thepressure back on the Steven Smith-led side.While Ravindra Jadeja took the wicket of Marsh,Kuldeep Yadav in tandem with Jadeja the fieldersent back the Queenslander. At this stage, theMen in Yellow were 4 down for 139 in the 23rdOver. A small rebuilding partnership of 30 runs for thefifth wicket was formed between Cameron Green(12 off 19) and Josh Inglis (26 off 27). But onceMohammed Shami came back for his secondspell, it looked like the match was happening onadifferent track. He seamed the ball in and out verynicely to decimate the Aussie middle and lowerorder. Shami's dream second spell read 3-2-8-3.Siraj came back and cleaned up the tail to bundleAustralia out for just 188 runs in the 36th over.Moreover, Australia had played eight batters inthe line-up but couldn't go past 200. They losttheir last8 wickets for just 59 runs. For India, Shami and Siraj picked three wickets,while Jadeja scalpeda couple of wickets. WhilePandya and Kuldeep bagged a wicket each,Shardul Thakur went wicketless.Chasing the precarious target of 189 runs to win,India too lost the first wicket in the second overbowled by Marcus Stoinis who had Ishan Kishan(3 off 8) trapped plumb infront. Hosts slippedfurther in the run chase when Mitchell Starc ranhavoc with a fiery new ball spell from the otherend. While Virat Kohli (4 off 9) and SuryakumarYadav (0 off 1) were pinned at the pads by theleft-arme, Shubman Gill (20 off 31), who lookedvery scratchy was out caught at point. Reeling at 39/4 in the 11th over, dark clouds werelooming around Team India. Right when neededKL Rahul and Hardik Pandya joined hands tostitch 44 runs for the ffth wicket. Both battedcautiously to ride out the storm produced by theAustralian bowlers. Ever hard-working Stoinisbounced out Pandya (25 off 31) who holed out todeep backward square leg when everything wasshining bright for India. Ravindra Jadeja and Rahul knitted an unbeatenpartnership of 108 runs for the sixth wicket,helping the side cross over the victory line. Inthe process, KL Rahul reached his 13th ODI fiftyand was unbeaten on 75 off 91 deliveries, whileJadeja was not out at 45 off 69 deliveries.For Australia, Mitchell Starc with 9.5-0-49-3 wasthe successful bowler, while Marcus Stoinissupported him with a couple of wickets.

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