India 172-2 (35 ovs) vs Aus | Scorecard

Rahane plays a delightful straight drive, offering the full face of the bat to a full delivery from Hastings and getting past a diving Smith at mid-on for a beautiful boundary.

He edges the next ball as he looks to cut but it goes on the bounce to the keeper. He looks to pull the last ball but misses and is struck on the arm.

India taking no chances or trying anything fancy against Maxwell, who rushes through his eighth over, giving away just four runs.

Faulker comes back as he replaces Hastings. Kohli decides to release some pressure as he plays the inside out lofted shot over the covers for a four coupled with two more singles to make it six from the over.

Rahane also repeats the shot, going down the track to Maxwell and lofting him over the covers for a four with three more singles making it seven from the over.

Good bowling from Faulkner, keeping it tight to Kohli with four straight dot deliveries. He charges to the fifth ball and steers it past point for a single before Rahane is beaten off the last ball.

After 35 overs, India are 172 for two, with Kohli on 73 and Rahane on 19. They would to score atleast another 130-140 runs in the last 15 overs to give Australia a challenging target.