India vs Australia 2017, 1st ODI: Hits and Misses

#4 Miss: Ajinkya Rahane

India's reserve opener for limited overs cricket failed to make a mark against Australia when he was brought in place of injured Shikhar Dhawan for the game.

He looked uncomfortable from the word go, could not find a way out of his misery and finally ended up giving his wicket to the constant pressure from Nathan Coulter Nile.

The man from Mumbai had an excellent ODI tour in West Indies where he had four fifty-plus innings in five games to his name. He also won the Man of the Series award for the same.

However, he has been unable to perform in the two matches he was drafted in for after that series. He failed in India's last ODI match in Sri Lanka last month and was dismissed for a poor total of 5 in yesterday's encounter against Australia.

KL Rahul is waiting in the wings as the next reserve opener and if Rahane wants to find a place in the ODI side, he needs to capitalise on the opportunity that he will get in the next two games of the series.