IND vs AUS 1st ODI Live Cricket Score: India Draw First Blood; Arshdeep Singh Sends Travis Head Packing

OH!!! MARSH GOES BIG HERE!!! Back of a length delivery outside the off stump. Marsh goes down the track, creates room for himself and plays that over the off-side for a maximum. WHAT A HIT!!!!!

BIG WICKET! Travis Head edges Arshdeep Singh's delivery to deep third-man, where Harshit Rana takes a brilliant catch, giving India a crucial breakthrough.

India end on 136/9 in 26 overs,  thanks to some late flourishes from KL Rahul and Axar Patel, who played vigilant knocks. 

AXAR FALLS! Axar Patel goes for the big six, but Kuhnemann's spell ends with a catch at long-on. IND 84/5 in 19.6 ov.

Axar Patel and KL Rahul showed aggression straightaway after the restart. India are on the move - banged into the pitch by Nathan Ellis as the duo smoked the pacer for 15 runs.

The match has been reduced to 26 overs per side.  India has less than 10 overs to bat with 6 wickets in their hand with Axar Patel and KL Rahul standing at the crease.

Fourth rain interruption! Play halted once more at the Perth Stadium as a heavy shower sweeps in, sending fans scurrying for cover. IND 52/4 

Rain returns again! Umpires call for covers as drizzle threatens to disrupt play once again, just 12 minutes after Shreyas Iyer's departure.

Hazlewood strikes again! Short ball, steep bounce, and Shreyas Iyer is caught behind, India 4 down! IND 45/4 in 13.2 ov.

Play resumes in Perth! Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel are back at the crease, looking to rebuild India's innings after the rain delay. 

The match has been reduced to 35 overs per side, and the play will resume at 12:20 PM IST.

Rain in Perth is playing truant, disappearing and reappearing at will. It's still raining in Perth, and we continue to wait for any positive update. 

The situation is getting grimmer with every passing minute. The drizzle has picked up even more as the resumption gets further delayed. This must be testing the patience of viewers. Notably, the overs are getting reduced too.

The rain at Perth has completely stopped. However, the resumption of play has still not taken place. All the attention will be on how many more overs India will get to bat from here.

The rain has got even more intense as the visuals inside the dressing room are jovial with former captain Rohit Sharma narrating some funny anecdote to current captain Shubman Gill as head coach Gautam Gambhir laughs.

This is already a 49-over game. We could be staring at losing a good amount of overs when the play resumes. Currently, it is no longer raining anymore. The supersoppers are at work at the Optus.

Josh Hazlewood has come back for his 6th over. The bounce in the pitch has stayed persistent as the batters are finding it difficult to score.

The rain delay comes to an end as the covers are coming off the pitch. Expect the live action to resume soon. Stay tuned for live updates!

Rain stops play at the Optus stadium in Perth. Players go off instantly as the pitch has been covered. IND 25/3 (8.5)

Shubman Gill is the latest to depart as India lose their third wicket. This is getting from bad to worse for the batters. Nathan Ellis gets his first wicket. IND 25/3 (8.1)

Massive wicket for Australia as Virat Kohli falls for an 8-ball duck. He was itching to get off the mark but played on straight into the hands of the point fielder. 

Rohit Sharma falls cheaply in his return to international cricket. Just a 14-ball 8 with a boundary. Josh Hazlewood got the ball to bounce as it took the edge as Matt Renshaw took a catch at the second slip. 

Cautious start for Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. They are looking for singles. Its a 50-over game as both these batters will look to find their feet first in this innings.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill open the batting for India. No surprises there. Mitchell Starc has the new ball in hand. Expect the ball to swing first up.

Both teams are up in the middle for their respective national anthems. 50 thousand fans are available at the Optus stadium at the moment, the broadcaster stated.

Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh(c), Matthew Short, Josh Philippe(w), Matt Renshaw, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood

Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh

Australia won the toss and elected to bowl first against India.

As per the official broadcaster, there is no rain as of now. The toss will go on as per the schedule. Stay tuned for live updates!

Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav could be manning the spin department. On the other hand, the Aussies will hope that the likes of Cooper Connolly, Marnus Labuschagne, Matthew Renshaw etc can give ample support to Marsh and India's eternal nemesis Travis Head.

It means Kohli will come at No. 3 followed by Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul, who will double up as the wicketkeeper. Nitish Kumar Reddy is likely to receive his maiden ODI cap in the all-rounder's role since injured Hardik Pandya is not part of the side, and Harshit Rana will vie with Prasidh Krishna for the support seamer's role behind Mohammad Siraj and Arshdeep Singh.

It's unlikely that the management will break the highly successful opening combination of Rohit and Gill, keeping Yashasvi Jaiswal as a backup option.

On the other hand, Virat Kohli will be upbeat about making his way into a format where he has been 'foolproof' to say the least. An average of nearly 58 with a truckload of international runs.

It will be notable to see how former India captain Rohit Sharma will adjust to his role of the senior player after being his last T20I and ODI outings ended with celebration after guiding the team to ICC trophies, as he led the side even in his last Test appearance in Melbourne.

Both Kohli and Rohit (affectionately called as Roko) will make a comeback into national colours after playing the Champions Trophy in March, as the dynamics of Indian cricket changing drastically in these eight months.

Hello and welcome to the live cricket coverage of match number one of the three-match ODI series between India and Australia here at the Optus stadium in Perth.