Steve Smith guides Australia to five wickets victory against India

Chasing 310 for victory, Australia reached the winning total by losing five wickets with four balls to spare.

Smith top scored with his heroic 149 runs off  135 balls, hitting 11 boundaries and two sixes in his knock.

He got support on the other end from George Bailey (112) as the duo added 242 runs in the third wicket partnership which helped Australia move closer to the winning total.

Pacer Barinder Sran, who made his debut for India in the match, took three wickets and impressed with his performance.

R Ashwin scalped two wickets.

Riding high on Rohit Sharma's unbeaten century, Team India managed to post a huge total for host Australia to chase and win the first ODI of the 5-match series.

After winning the toss and opting to bat first,India put up 309 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.

India lost their opener Shikhar Dhawan (9) for 36 runs.

After a brief first wicket partnership, Rohit Sharma batted with Virat Kohli for more than 35 overs as the duo frustrated the Aussie bowlers and stitched together a 207-run partnership for the second wicket.

As Virat posted his half-century, Rohit eased past his hundred to pile in the woes for the hosts.

Finally the partnership was broken when Virat fell prey to James Faulkner, nine short of a hundred.

Kohli's innings of 91 was laden with 9 boundaries and a six.

Rohit on the other hand remained unbeaten at 171 off 163 balls. His innings comprised of 13 fours and 7 maximums.

After Kphli's departure, skipper MS Dhoni played a brief cameo of 18 runs off 13 balls, hitting a four and a six in his innings.

In innings was followed by Ravindra Jadeja's, who scored 10 off 5 balls.

For Australia, James Faulkner was the pick of the bowlers, picking up 2 wickets for 60 runs off 10 overs.

Josh Hazlewood picked up a wicket too and was the most economical bowler.