Rohit’s unbeaten 171 sets Australia 310 for victory

Earlier, India’s Rohit Sharma hit 171 not out to break Viv Richards’ record for the highest score by a visiting batsman in an ODI in Australia. TV replays clearly showed that the batsman had gloved the ball, but with India’s apathy towards the DRS, Bailey escaped.

Sran began impressively – in the second over he snaffled Aaron Finch with a sharp return catch, and in his next over he had the unsafe David Warner caught at mid on.

The 207-run stand for the second wicket was broken when Kohli holed out to long on off James Faulkner (2-60).

According to the Australian captain, Steve Smith, this will be a significant advantage.

India’s tour of Australia will kick off with the first of five ODIs as the two sides clash at the Western Australia Cricket Association Ground in Perth.

India’s Virat Kohli in action. The two took India past the 100-Run mark in 21.2 overs as the run-rate stayed near five-per over.

While it was another heartbreaking end to a Rohit century that ended in a losing cause (his T20 hundred and ODI hundred against SA were scored in defeats), Australian skipper Smith again turned out to be India’s nemesis pacing his innings to perfection.

Indian limited-overs cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday said the domestic circuit was not producing enough finished product as it used to some time back.

He was also part of the most debatable play of the day when Bailey seemed to have gloved the first ball he faced from Sran, which went straight to Dhoni.

Te Australians were sent on a leather hunt courtesy Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, as they posted scores of 91 and 171* respectively.

He built his innings steadily, bringing up his 50 from 63 balls, his century from 122 and his 150 from 155, mixing quick singles with some powerful boundary hitting.

India captain MS Dhoni promoted himself to number four and a cameo of 18 from 13 balls kept India ticking over with Rohit still lurking at the crease.

India lost opener Shikhar Dhawan (9) in the sixth over when he top-edged an attempted pull from Josh Hazlewood straight to Mitchell Marsh at deep backward square leg.

Accurate bowling from Sran and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (0-42) reduced Australia to 40 for two in the powerplay phase. They were taken for runs by Bailey and Smith.

R Ashwin scalped two wickets.