India, Oct. 19 -- Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's return to the cricket field proved to be a poor day for the Men In Blue, with Australia beating India by seven wickets and 29 balls to spare in the first ODI match in Perth on Sunday.

In a rain-shortened match, India's batting crumbled to 136 for nine in the 26-over innings.

Winning the toss and electing to bowl was a masterstroke by Mitchell Marsh.

From the first over, the Australian pacers had India on the back foot with the openers struggling against the World Champions.

Indian fans were left shocked when Virat Kohli, chasing a wide delivery from Nitchell Starc, nicked it to Cooper Connolly at backward point for a duck.

Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer tried to stem the rot, but the sc...