Summary Australia registered a 72-run win over India in the first ODI to take 1-0 lead in 7-match series.
PUNE (Agencies) - Australia rode on a dominating all-round display to thrash a lacklustre India by 72 runs in the first cricket one-dayer in Pune on Sunday.
Electing to bat, the visitors piled up a mammoth 304 for eight relying on captain George Bailey’s 85 and Aaron Finch’s 72 and then shot India out for 232 in 49.4 overs to take 1-0 lead in the seven-match ODI series.
The Indian run chase under lights at the MCA Stadium never got going against the sustained and aggressive Australian bowling attack. The visiting side, who were handed a four-wicket defeat in the one-off T20 International at Rajkot on October 10, bowled a disciplined line and length and choked the Indian batsmen in the middle overs.
