<p>Australia's fast-bowling all-rounder Marcus Stoinis thinks the tourists' deep batting line-up might have been carried away on seeing Mitchell Marsh waltz his way to 81 in the first ODI, and fell in a heap, resulting in a five-wicket loss in the first ODI against India.</p>.<p>At the Wankhede Stadium on Friday, Australia were cruising at 129/2, thanks to Marsh's 81 off 65 balls, including ten fours and five sixes, in a batting line-up running till number eight.</p>.<p>But a collapse of 8/59, triggered by fast bowling duo of Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj resulted in Australia being bundled out for 188 within 36 overs on a pitch offering continuous assistance to seamers.</p>.<p><strong>Read More | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/rahul-shami-guide-india-to-five-wicket-win-against-australia-in-odi-opener-1201092.html" target="_blank">Rahul & Shami guide India to five-wicket win against Australia in ODI opener</a></strong></p>.<p>"To an extent we might have gotten carried away watching Mitch bat and how well he struck them, and then thinking the score might need to be higher than what was necessary.</p>.<p>There was a bit in the wicket. We need to be a bit better with our techniques and figure out how we're going to play that. I think KL's way of batting and blueprint looked about right," Stoinis was quoted as saying by <em>cricket.com.au</em>.</p>.<p>In chasing 189, India were at a precarious 83/5 in 19.2 overs, with left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc taking three wickets in a beautiful exhibition of seam bowling.</p>.<p>But wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul slammed an unbeaten 75 and along with Ravindra Jadeja's 45 not out, he was involved in an unbroken 108-run stand for the sixth wicket to India get over the line and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.</p>.<p><strong>Read More | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/played-normal-cricketing-shots-avoided-getting-into-a-shell-says-kl-rahul-after-guiding-india-to-victory-1201236.html" target="_blank">Played normal cricketing shots, avoided getting into a shell, says KL Rahul after guiding India to victory</a></strong></p>.<p>Stoinis conceded Australia never adjusted to the conditions on ground, something which India did through Rahul and Jadeja.</p>.<p>"We didn't sum the conditions up well enough and didn't score enough. We're experimenting with a few different combinations, playing eight batters," he said.</p>.<p>"We understand that if we're going to play eight batters, we still need to play a certain way up until the 35th over or whatever it might be, and then when the time comes we can assert some authority on that with our back-end power hitters," he added.</p>.<p>The second ODI of the three-match series between India and Australia will be played at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.</p>
<p>Australia's fast-bowling all-rounder Marcus Stoinis thinks the tourists' deep batting line-up might have been carried away on seeing Mitchell Marsh waltz his way to 81 in the first ODI, and fell in a heap, resulting in a five-wicket loss in the first ODI against India.</p>.<p>At the Wankhede Stadium on Friday, Australia were cruising at 129/2, thanks to Marsh's 81 off 65 balls, including ten fours and five sixes, in a batting line-up running till number eight.</p>.<p>But a collapse of 8/59, triggered by fast bowling duo of Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj resulted in Australia being bundled out for 188 within 36 overs on a pitch offering continuous assistance to seamers.</p>.<p><strong>Read More | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/rahul-shami-guide-india-to-five-wicket-win-against-australia-in-odi-opener-1201092.html" target="_blank">Rahul & Shami guide India to five-wicket win against Australia in ODI opener</a></strong></p>.<p>"To an extent we might have gotten carried away watching Mitch bat and how well he struck them, and then thinking the score might need to be higher than what was necessary.</p>.<p>There was a bit in the wicket. We need to be a bit better with our techniques and figure out how we're going to play that. I think KL's way of batting and blueprint looked about right," Stoinis was quoted as saying by <em>cricket.com.au</em>.</p>.<p>In chasing 189, India were at a precarious 83/5 in 19.2 overs, with left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc taking three wickets in a beautiful exhibition of seam bowling.</p>.<p>But wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul slammed an unbeaten 75 and along with Ravindra Jadeja's 45 not out, he was involved in an unbroken 108-run stand for the sixth wicket to India get over the line and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.</p>.<p><strong>Read More | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/played-normal-cricketing-shots-avoided-getting-into-a-shell-says-kl-rahul-after-guiding-india-to-victory-1201236.html" target="_blank">Played normal cricketing shots, avoided getting into a shell, says KL Rahul after guiding India to victory</a></strong></p>.<p>Stoinis conceded Australia never adjusted to the conditions on ground, something which India did through Rahul and Jadeja.</p>.<p>"We didn't sum the conditions up well enough and didn't score enough. We're experimenting with a few different combinations, playing eight batters," he said.</p>.<p>"We understand that if we're going to play eight batters, we still need to play a certain way up until the 35th over or whatever it might be, and then when the time comes we can assert some authority on that with our back-end power hitters," he added.</p>.<p>The second ODI of the three-match series between India and Australia will be played at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.</p>