Rahul, Axar, Nitish take India to 136/9 against Australia at Perth in rain-hit first ODI
Oct 19, 2025
While an underwhelming show by top-order, Rohit Sharma (8), Shubman Gill (10), Virat Kohli (0) and Shreyas Iyer (11) put India in trouble at 45/4, it was KL (38 in 31 balls, with two fours and two sixes) and Axar's (31 in 38 balls, with three fours) 39-run stand that provided some stability. It was some late blitz from Nitish (19* in 11 balls, with two sixes) that took India past 130-run mark.