India win toss, opt to bat in Brisbane ODI

Meanwhile, there isn’t anything for India to be worry about on the batting front with Rohit and Kohli in brilliant touch.

The right-hander started positively by smashing a four and six off Kane Richardson and he brought up his fifty off 61 balls.

Weather: According to AccuWeather.com, there is the possibility of the fixture being interrupted. There is talk of rain late afternoon but the balance of probability suggests it won’t be much of a factor.

If it was George Bailey in the first One-Day International, it was Rohit Sharma in the second.

Indian captain MS Dhoni has won the toss second time in a row and he has chosen to bat first.

The tourists, like Australia, will finalise their 11 on the day of the match, but bright, hot conditions should prevail and Sharma confirmed there had already been discussions about ditching the slow bowling for game two. Ind 92-1, 18 overs.

Boland’s 10-over return of none for 74 meant he picked up the unwanted honour of recording the worst figures by an Australian on debut in the format. “It’s a tricky one, still if you see the bowling department, the fast bowlers did a very good job, it was the spinners that could have done better”.

Back in action at the Gabba, Rohit continued from where he left off at the WACA.

Now let us take a look at seven centuries made by Indian players (before Rohit’s 171*) in Australia playing against Australia in the chronological order irrespective of the result.

John Hastings, who has replaced Mitchell Marsh for the 2nd ODI, is expected to take the role of the allrounder. Usman Khawaja misses out. “I think any time over 300 runs is being scored and chased, it’s definitely a flat wicket”, Faulkner said ahead of the second ODI against India. Hopefully, we can restrict them to a good total and chase it down. The two opening batsmen, Aaron Smith and David Warner were dismissed for 8 and 5 respectively by debutante Barinder Sran.

Once Kohli was run out for 59, Rohit did not let the momentum die and set about building another risky stand with Ajinkya Rahane, who did not get a chance to bat in the first match. His gold floppy headwear now has two Twitter accounts, but the batsman overshadowed his attire with an excellent ton.

Bailey was lucky to survive an appeal for caught behind on the first ball he faced with television replays confirming Sran’s delivery brushing his glove on the way through to wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

He likes facing India, averaging 85 against them in nine games.

Given the uncharacteristic nature of the spinners’ failure and the fact that the pitch in Perth is particularly friendly to fast bowlers, it would seem unlikely that there will be changes to the lineup that takes to the field for the second ODI in Brisbane on Friday.

He averages 68.46 against the hosts – no one has a higher ODI mark against Australia. “As I said 310 was a very good score”.