Gill blames top-order collapse after loss: 'When you lose 3 wickets in powerplay'

India skipper Shubman Gill reflected connected his team's show aft losing the archetypal ODI against Australia successful a rain-shortened lucifer by 7 wickets.The lucifer saw India suffer 3 important wickets during the powerplay overs, including Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, which importantly impacted their performance."Never easy, erstwhile you suffer 3 wickets successful the powerplay, you're ever trying to play drawback up. There were a batch of learnings and positives arsenic well," said Gill aft the match.The instrumentality of seasoned players Kohli and Sharma was brief, lasting lone 22 balls combined, arsenic India struggled astatine 25/3 successful the ninth over.Despite the aboriginal setbacks, India managed to situation Australia successful defending their total."Defending 130 successful 26 unusual overs, we took the crippled beauteous heavy truthful we're satisfied with that," added Gill.Gill expressed appreciation for the fans' enactment during their white-ball tour."We're precise fortunate that wherever we play, fans crook up successful immense numbers. Hopefully, they'll beryllium capable to cheer america connected astatine Adelaide arsenic well," said Gill.The nonaccomplishment marked India's archetypal ODI decision successful 2025, ending their streak of 8 consecutive victories.Australian skipper

Mitchell Marsh

, who scored an unbeaten 46, led his squad to triumph with 29 balls remaining portion chasing the DLS people of 131.

"The upwind played its portion today. Big acknowledgment to each the assemblage that stuck around. I cognize these days tin beryllium truly frustrating, but bully to get a win. It's ever bully to triumph astatine home. I emotion playing for Australia."Marsh acknowledged the challenging conditions during the chase."It (ball) was swinging astir a small bit. We knew that was going to beryllium the lawsuit for some teams, truthful a small spot of a situation to get done there.

Proud of the mode our young guys came retired and took the crippled connected and got america over."Josh Philippe, playing his 3rd ODI, contributed 37 runs from 29 balls and shared a 55-run concern with Marsh."(He) came retired and made it look precise easy, didn't he? It's amusive to get young kids coming in. They're not needfully young kids, the young guys coming in. You conscionable privation them to person amusive and bask it. In one-day cricket, we don't get to play successful beforehand of the large crowds each the time, truthful I said them to truly bask it," added Marsh.