India bundled out Australia for 188 in the first ODI at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday. The hosts stitched a 71-run partnership for the second wicket but Australian innings collapsed soon after Ravindra Jadeja dismissed opener Mitchell Marsh in the 20th over.
After being asked to bat first. Australia lost the wicket of Travis Head early. The right-hand batter was castled by Mohammed Siraj on the final ball of the second over. Captain Steve Smith walked in the middle and stitched a 72-run partnership with Marsh who kept playing his shot with a lot of ease and confidence.
Just when the partnership started to take a dangerous shape, stand-in captain Hardik Pandya generated an edge off Smith's (22 off 30) bat and wicket-keeper Rahul completed a comfortable catch. The assault from Marsh continued and he stitched another 52-run partnership off 43 balls with Marnus Labuschagne (15 off 22).
Australia had raced to 129/2 in 19.3 overs but the situation soon turned south for Australia after Marsh's (81 off 65) dismissal. The side soon crashed to 169 for 5 in 27.5 overs before getting bundled out for 188 in 35.4 overs.
Shami was the crusader-in-chief for India as he also removed Josh Inglis (26 off 27) and Marcus Stoinis (5 off 8) later to finish with match figures of 3/17. Jadeja later removed Glenn Maxwell (8 off 10) to finish with figures of 2/46. Siraj also picked three wickets for 29 runs in 5.4 overs.
India also were stunning in the field with the likes of Jadeja and Shubman Gill taking some sensational diving catches.
Australia, who are playing the match with eight batters, would be highly disappointed with their batting display. In total, five of their batters got out for a single-digit score.