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IND vs AUS 1st ODI: Star India batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are all set to make their comeback to international cricket as they prepare for the three-match ODI series against Australia, which will begin on Sunday, October 19th, in Perth. The duo will be making a comeback to the national side after seven months, as they last played for India in the Champions Trophy 2025 final.

The fans are looking forward to watching their favorite cricketers, but the weather might play a spoilsport.

India vs Australia ODI: Weather and pitch report

As per AccuWeather.com, Perth will experience 63% rainfall at the start of this match. It will go down to 35% and that will lead to a lot of disturbances in the match.

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The overcast conditions might affect the toss, as whichever captain wins the toss will choose to bowl first and take advantage of the swing. The surface in Perth has been bowler-friendly and will give the batters a hard time.

Just three ODIs have been held at the Optus Stadium till now, where the teams, who were chasing have won two matches. The average first innings score here is 183, and the highest successful chase is 153. The pitch will produce bounce and movement, and that means that the batters will have a hard time playing the big shots.

India vs Australia ODI series 2025: Head-to-head stats in ODIs

Both teams have played against each other in 152 matches of this format. The host has an upper hand as they have won 84 matches, whereas India has won 58. Ten matches ended in a no result.

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The last time these two teams played against each other in this format was in the Champions Trophy 2025 semifinal, where the Rohit Sharma-led side won the match by 4 wickets.

India vs Australia ODI Series 2025: Squads

India Squad: Shubman Gill (captain), Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicket-keeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (wicket-keeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal

Australia Squad: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Owen, Josh Philippe (wicket-keeper), Matthew Renshaw, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc

From the second ODI onwards: Alex Carey (wicket-keeper), Josh Inglis (wicket-keeper), Adam Zampa.

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