Shastri suggests Rohit to play the aggressor at No 6
Rohit Sharma’s decision to bat in the middle order in the Adelaide and Brisbane Tests, has failed to yield the desired results for the Indian team in the Border-Gavaskar series so far.
India were 100 for 1 after 20 overs in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan were batting at the crease.
Shikhar Dhawan was unbeaten on 55 off 69 balls — his 28th fifty. The knock was laced with 9 fours. Meanwhile, Rahul was batting on 31 off 36 balls with the help of 4 boundaries.
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Rohit Sharma became the victim of Mitchell Starc on his individual score of 10 runs off 15 balls. Starc conceded 22 runs in his 4 overs.
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Meanwhile, Kane Richardson conceded 27 runs and Pat Cummins conceded 20 runs in 5 overs each.
Adam Zampa and Aston Agar, who together bowled six overs so far, remained wicketless.
Notably, after a string of good performances in Tests for Australia, Marnus Labuschagne makes his debut in the white-ball format.
Here are the Playing XIs of both the teams:
Australia: David Warner, Aaron Finch (captain), Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Ashton Turner, Alex Carey(w), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli (captain), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
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