India v/s Australia: Smith spoils Rohit's party, Aussies won by 5 wickets

Australian captain Steve Smith's brilliant 149 runs overshadowed Rohit Sharma's magnificent 171 runs as the hosts flayed India's listless bowling attack en route a comprehensive five-witcket victory of the first ODI in the five match cricket series, in Perth on Tuesday.

On one of the flattest WACA tracks in recent times, India reached a commended 309 runs for three courtesy Rohit's unbeaten 171 off 163 balls. Vice Captain Virat Kohli's attractive 91 was another significant contribution as the duo added 207 runs for the second wicket.

In reply, Smith who faced 163 balls staggering 232 runs for second wicket with former captain George Bailey (112) as the home team knocked off the run with four wickets to spare.

While it was a heartbreaking end for Rohit Sharma as he ended in a loosing cause even after scoring a magnificent innings.

The Indian bowling attack looked completely out of depth as the Smith-Bailey duo never did any extraordinary thing and managed to hammer Umesh Yadav and co with monotonicregularity.

For India, debutant Barinder Sran (3 for 56) managed to create an impression by taking early breakthroughs but others failed to create the impression. But disappointing was India's spin twins Ravi Ashwin (2/68 in 9 overs) and Ravindra Jadeja(0/61 in 9 overs) look
far from penetrative.

They could hardly about to produce any turn and were played with consummate ease by Aussie captain, whose footwork was exemplary. Smith hit 11 fours and 2 sixes to en route his fifth ODI ton while Bailey's third hundred had seven fours and two sixes.

While Australia was 21 for 2 in the fifth over, things could have been taken a different turn as Bailey look to glove the first ball of the delivery he faced bowled by Sran. While Dhoni looked confident but Sran even did not go up with the appeal.