India, Oct. 19 -- Sunday turned out to be disappointing and anticlimactic for Indian cricket fans. They waited weeks for the grand return of RO-KO only to see the two stars failing to live up the the hype at the Optus Stadium in Perth.

In a rain-cut, stop-start series opener, the two players batted for just 22 deliveries, garnering eight runs together. The Aussies built on the start their pace bowlers provided them and cruised through to a seven-wicket win to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

The Indian fans were promised that they would see the brilliance of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Sharma showing his lazy elegance while stamping his authority over the Australian pacers, and Kohli working around his innings in his trademark style, pl...