IND vs AUS: David Warner, Aaron?Finch's partnership proves lethal as India lose by 10 wickets at WankhedeNot the result India were expecting but Australia crushed the Men in Blue by 10 wickets in the first ODI at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Skipper Aaron Finch and his opening partner David Warner's partnership proved to be lethal for the Indian bowlers.
The duo chased down the below-par 255 run total in just 37.4 overs with ease as they remained glued to the middle till the very end.
The two even stitched a record-breaking 258-run partnership for the first wicket.
Both reached their tons, with Finch scoring 110* in 114 balls, while Warner scoring 128* in 112 balls.
Earlier in the day, India were asked to bat first and they soon lost Rohit Sharma for 10.
Shikhar Dhawan along with KL Rahul stitched a 121-run partnership for the 2nd wicket and Dhawan even managed to bring up his half-century.
However, Rahul missed out on his fifty and was dismissed by spinner Ashton Agar for 47.
Soon after Rahul's dismissal, Dhawan too was dismissed and India's batting order was exposed.
Rahul’s fall triggered India’s middle-order collapse, as the hosts lost Shikhar Dhawan, captain Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer in the next five overs.
Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant and Shardul Thakur gave India a little breather in the death overs, but the Aussies kept taking wickets.
Kuldeep Yadav too contributed at the end but India were bundled up for 255 in 49.1 overs.
India and Australia next face each other in Rajkot on 17 January.