The time of waiting is over, today Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will play international cricket match after about 8 months. Today the first ODI will be played between India and Australia at Optus Stadium in Perth. There is confusion among the fans regarding the live telecast channel of this match. Let us tell you what time the match will start as per Indian time and on which channel it will be telecast live. Know on which app mobile users can watch live matches.

This is Shubman Gill’s first ODI series as a full-time captain, in which he will have a tough test. The good thing is that there are experienced batsmen like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who have years of captaincy experience. Both the veterans will help Gill. Let us tell you that Australia has played 3 ODI matches in Perth before and has lost all of them. India is playing its first ODI match on this ground.

What time will India vs Australia 1st ODI start?

According to Indian time, the match will start today (19 October) at 9 am. The toss will take place at 8:30.

When and where will India vs Australia 1st ODI be played?

19 October, Optus Stadium (Perth).

On which channel to watch live telecast of India vs Australia 1st ODI?

India vs Australia 1st ODI will be telecast live on Star Sports.

On which app to watch live streaming of India vs Australia 1st ODI?

There will be live streaming of India vs Australia 1st ODI on JioHotstar app and website.

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India and Australia squad for first ODI

India: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Australia: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Mitchell Owen, Matt Renshaw, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc. Matthew Kuneman and Josh Philip.