[WATCH] AUS vs IND 2025: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli fall cheap on hyped international return | CricTracker

Indian veterans Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were dismissed cheaply by the Australian pace attack in the first ODI in Perth on Sunday, October 19, 2025. Australian skipper Mitchell Marsh won the toss and elected to play first, and his team struck early to dominate the visitors.

Rohit Sharma opened the innings alongside Indian captain Shubman Gill. In the fourth over, Josh Hazlewood bowled a penetrating spell, delivering a hard length ball with extra bounce that nibbled away slightly. Rohit tried to poke the delivery but ended up going to second slip where Matt Renshaw took a neat catch with a reverse cup.

Soon after, Virat Kohli conceded his first ball Mitchell Starc in the next over, after playing a maiden before this over. The ball was tossed up from outside off and Kohli took a big drive away from his body. He got a big outside edge and Cooper Connolly dived to his left on backward point to complete a brilliant catch. Within the first seven overs, India had lost both their legendary batsmen.

This was Kohli’s first duck in 30 ODI innings in Australia, while Starc became the second bowler to dismiss him twice for a duck in ODIs, joining James Anderson, who has dismissed him twice in all internationals. India were struggling at 25 for 3 in 8.5 overs, and rain temporarily halted play.

Nathan Ellis hit back by dismissing the Indian captain in his first over. A long ball hanging down leg saw Gill inside the edge of the delivery to the wicketkeeper, Josh Philippe, who took a clean catch. With the stakes high, India will now look to bounce back with Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel in the fold as they look to keep the innings steady and post a competitive total.

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