India 95/3 after 20 overs
Azinkya Rahane and Suresh Raina were at the crease taking up the cudgel for steering the team out of danger.
Earlier, openers Shikhar Dhawan (45), Virat Kohli (1) and Rohit Sharma (34) returned to the pavilion in the face of the Australian pace attack.
With the fall of the first Indian wicket (Dhawan) at 76 in the 12.5th over, the slide seemed to have started as Kohli was out in the 16th over with India adding only two runs and then Sharma was out in the 18th over at the team's total 91.
Austrailian pacer Mitchelle Johonson claimed two wickets giving away 20 runs while Josh Hazelwood bagged th
Australia posted 328 runs fore the loss seven wickets in 50 overs.
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