India will lock horns with Australia in the first ODI of a three-match series on Friday (September 22) at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. This will be the last chance for both teams to test their bench strength before the World Cup.
Indian team is high on confidence as they will be going into the series as the Asia Cup 2023 winners. India were the best team in the recently held multi-nation championship and lost just one match in the whole edition that too in a dead rubber against Bangladesh.


KL Rahul finishes things off in style! Pic credit: JioCinema
14th half-century for KL Rahul, a captain's knock!
KL is nearing a half-century. India now need 7 runs from 12 balls.
50 and gone SKY is gone. Indian now needs 12 runs from the last 3 overs.

Half-century for SKY. Another box got ticked for India before the World Cup. Pic credit: JioCinema
SKY at his best. Typical Surya shot, paddled it for six. India need 14 runs from 24 balls.

India just need 24 runs from last 5 overs. Pic credit: JioCinema
A 50-run partnership between KL and SKY comes up. They are looking set to finish this game for India. India need 35 runs from 42 balls
Lovely straight drive by SKY, his third of the match. Hit on the up with much ease. IND: 229/4 in 41 overs

Last 10 overs in play. India need 54 runs from 60 balls. Pic credit: JioCinema
Lovely straight drive by SKY, gets a boundary. India need 66 runs from 72 balls. IND: 211/4 in 38 overs

200 up for India. They need 76 runs from 84 balls now. Pic credit: JioCinema
Touch of class by SKY. A beautiful upper-cut, plays that late and finds the boundary. IND: 196/4 in 35 overs
India need 93 more runs from 108 balls, they have 7 wickets in hand. Australia need to take some quick wickets given that India bat very deep with the addition of Ashwin in the team.

India in a good stage at the moment. Pic credit: JioCinema
Ishan steps out and hits it over Zampa's head for a boundary, followed by a lovely wristy flick by KL.
Lovely late cut by KL Rahul. This has become his signature shot against the spinners now. IND: 165/3 in 28 overs
Third one goes down, India in a bit of trouble! Zampa is bringing Aud back into the game. India have lost three wickets in the last 30 balls. IND: 156/3 in 26 overs
The second Indian wicket goes down. Lack of communication between Iyer and Gill causes the run-out. Iyer would be disappointed in himself for that poor call. IND: 148/2 in 24 overs.
Zampa strikes! 1st Indian wicket goes down. IND 142/1 in 22.4 overs
20 overs gone, India 129 for no loss! India are going strong and just 148 more runs from 180 balls.
100 of the partnership and 50 for Ruturaj. India is running away with this game, AUS need to break this partnership. IND: 120/0 in 18 overs
Shubman Gill gets to another ODI half-century with a maximum. What a fabulous inning. IND: 95/0 in 14 overs
India going strong at the moment. AUS need some quick wickets here. IND: 70/0 in 12 overs

Ruturaj joins the party! Pic credit: JioCinema
Ohh gorgeous! What a beautiful backfoot punch by Ruturaj for four. With that boundary, India bring up their 50 runs. IND: 55/0 in 9 overs
A maiden over by Sean Abbott. Australia are slowing down the game a little. IND: 43/0 in 8 overs
2 runs came from the 7th over. Cummins is looking good, even though it is his 1st outing in the last two months. IND: 43/0 in 7 overs
Glorious square drive by Ruturaj, he opens the face and finds the gap at point for a boundary. IND: 4/0 n 6 overs
India is off to a flyer. Shubman Gill is middling every ball at the moment! IND: 33/0 in 5 overs
Australia, on the other hand, defeated India in the World Test Championship final in June. However, they lost to South Africa in the recently held five-match ODI series by 2-3 after being ahead of the Proteas in the first two games.
India will be led by KL Rahul in the absence of Rohit Sharma for the first two matches. India have also rested the likes of Virat Kohli, Kuldeep Yadav, and Hardik Pandya. Notably, they will be back in the Indian Squad for the third ODI.
Australia will also be missing the services of Glen Maxwell and Mitchel Starc, However, Steve Smith and their skipper, Pat Cummins are back in the squad, who were previously not the part of South Africa tour.
Squads:
Australia Squad: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Josh Inglis, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Alex Carey(w), Marcus Stoinis, Cameron Green, Pat Cummins(c), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Ellis, Sean Abbott, Matthew Short, Spencer Johnson, Tanveer Sangha
India Squad: Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w/c), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar