India, Oct. 19 -- Australia ended India's unbeaten run in ODIs in 2025, handing the visitors their first loss in the format since the Champions Trophy earlier this year. Stand-in captain Mitchell Marsh scored an unbeaten 46 in a rain-curtailed contest, steering the hosts to a seven-wicket win (DLS method) at Perth's Optus Stadium on Sunday.

The defeat also made Shubman Gill the only India skipper, after Virat Kohli, to lose his first match in charge across all three formats.

The defeat exposed India's batting frailties. Rohit Sharma and Kohli, making their first international appearances since the Champions Trophy, looked rusty and were dismissed for 8 and 0, respectively. Newly-announced ODI captain Gill managed just 10 as India were r...