Gill leads; Australia beat India

Gill leads; Australia beat India

Australia v India

India tour of Australia – First One-day International

Perth Stadium, Perth

October 19, 2025

The match was attended by 42,423 people.

India made five changes to their playing eleven – Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, and Varun Chakravarthy made way for Washington Sundar, One-day International debutant Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, and Mohammed Siraj.

Australia made eight changes to their playing eleven – Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshius, Adam Zampa, and Tanveer Sangha made way for the three Mitchells [skipper Marsh (who elected to field on winning the toss, and was the player of the match), One-day International debutant Owen, and Starc], the three Matthews (Short, One-day International debutant Renshaw, and Kuhnemann), and the two Joshes (Philippe and Hazlewood).

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10^th over. They scored 27, and lost three wickets.

Rohit, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Twenty-two balls into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Renshaw. Hazlewood broke the 13-run stand.

Virat Kohli faced eight balls, failing to open his account. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Cooper Connolly. Starc broke the eight-run stand.

Shubman Gill, India’s skipper, scored 10 off 18 balls, which included two boundaries. Twelve balls later, he was caught by Philippe. Nathan Ellis broke the four-run stand.

Fifty-three balls (8.5 overs) into the match, there was an interruption due to rain, as a result of which the ground was wet. India had scored 25 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Shreyas Iyer had scored two, Axar Patel had not opened his account.

The match was reduced to 49 overs a side.

The second Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 11^th and the 40^th over. They scored.

Off the first ball of the 11^th over, there was a short run by Axar.

Seventy-one balls (11.5 overs) into the match, there was an interruption due to rain, as a result of which the ground was wet. India had scored 37 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Shreyas had scored six, Axar had scored seven.

The match was reduced to 35 overs a side.

Shreyas, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 11. Thirty-one balls after Gill’s dismissal, he was caught by Philippe. Hazlewood broke the 20-run stand.

Eighty-six balls (14.2 overs) into the match, there was an interruption due to rain, as a result of which the ground was wet. India had scored 46 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Axar had scored 11, Lokesh Rahul had not opened his account.

The match was reduced to 32 overs a side.

India scored 50 off 15.4 overs (94 balls). Australia had conceded six extras at that point.

A hundred balls (16.4 overs) into the match, there was an interruption due to rain, as a result of which the ground was wet. India had scored 52 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Axar had scored 14, Rahul had scored three.

The match was reduced to 26 overs a side.

Axar, whose 38-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 31. Forty balls after Shreyas’ dismissal, he was caught by Renshaw. Kuhnemann broke the 39-run stand.

India scored 100 off 21 overs (126 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave Australia no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Sundar, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Twenty-one balls after Axar’s dismissal, Kuhnemann broke the 31-run stand.

Rahul, whose 31-ball innings included two boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 38. Six balls later, he was caught by Renshaw. Owen broke the run-a-ball stand.

Rana, who faced two balls, scored one. Three balls later, he was caught by Philippe. Owen broke the two-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on one. Arshdeep did not face a ball. Ellis and Kuhnemann ran him out.

Reddy, whose 11-ball innings included two sixes, scored 19. He was unbeaten, as was Siraj, who did not face a ball.

Australia eventually conceded eight extras. India scored 136 for the loss of nine wickets off 26 overs.

Short bowled a wicketless over, conceding 17.

Ellis, whose five-over spell included a maiden, conceded 29. He picked up a wicket, as did Starc, who conceded 22 off six overs, which included a maiden.

Owen bowled three overs, conceding 20. He picked up two wickets.

Kuhnemann bowled four overs, conceding 26. He picked up two wickets.

Hazlewood bowled seven overs, including two maidens. He conceded 20, picking up two scalps.

Under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) Method, Australia’s target was revised to 131 off 26 overs.

The first Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the fifth over. They scored 29, and lost a wicket.

Travis Head, who faced five balls, scored eight. His runs came by way of boundaries. Eight balls into the chase, he was caught by Rana. Arshdeep broke the 10-run stand.

The first Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the sixth and the 16^th over. They scored 101, and lost two wickets.

Short, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Thirty-nine balls after Head’s dismissal, he was caught by Rohit. Axar broke the 34-run stand.

Australia scored 50 off 9.4 overs (58 balls). India had conceded two extras at that point.

Twelve overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. Australia had scored 67 for the loss of two wickets at that point. While Mitchell Marsh had scored 33, Philippe had scored 14.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 43 balls. While Mitchell Marsh’s contribution to the partnership was 11, Philippe’s contribution to it was 37. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Philippe, whose 29-ball innings included three boundaries and two sixes, did not add to the aforementioned score. Forty-five balls after Short’s dismissal, he was caught by Arshdeep. Sundar broke the 55-run partnership.

Australia scored 100 off 16 overs (96 balls). India had conceded nine extras at that point.

Mitchell Marsh, whose 52-ball innings included two boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 46. He was unbeaten, as was Renshaw, who scored 21 off 24 balls, which included a boundary and a six.

India eventually scored 11 extras. Australia scored 131 for the loss of three wickets off 21.1 overs, won by seven wickets with 29 balls to spare under the DLS Method.

Reddy bowled 2.1 overs, conceding 16. He was wicketless, as were Rana and Siraj, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 27, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 21.

Sundar bowled two overs, conceding 14. He picked up a wicket.

Axar bowled four overs, conceding 19. He picked up a wicket.

Arshdeep bowled five overs, conceding 31. He picked up a scalp.