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Marnus Labuschagne is a late call up to the Australia side to face India in Perth today after Cam Green sustained an injury selectors deemed too risky this close to the Ashes.

Green’s absence from the series has been labelled precautionary after his injury was deemed low-grade.

With the Ashes five weeks away, and captain Pat Cummins already racing the clock to be fit for the series against England, Cricket Australia deemed Green’s injury too risky to play through the India ODI series.

Superstar Virat Kohli has touched down in Perth with his teammates - albeit at 4am after a series of flight delays.

We will be live from 1:30pm AEDT to bring you all the latest news and score as things get under way in Perth.

• Who: Australia v India
• When: October 19, 2025, first ball 2:30pm AEDT (11:30am AWST)
• Where: Perth Stadium
• Live scores: Match Centre

5:49pm - WE'RE BACK

Shreyas Iyer has come out of the rain delay, firing, having hit Josh Hazlewood for a boundary with a cut shot.

India 3/41 after 12.0 overs.

5:38pm - START TIME HAS BEEN CONFIRMED

After being off the ground for the last two hours, we finally appear to be ready to re-continue the game.

The match is set to restart at 2:50pm local time (5:50pm AEDT) with the match begin reduced to 35 overs for each innings.

This will mean that seven overs will become the maximum that one bowler can bowl.

5:32pm - There's movement with the covers

The big covers have been removed from the field, and the grounds staff are now taking off the smaller covers with the heshin still on.

Hopefully, it means that play will be continue in the not so distant future.

5:27pm - The Ashes Roundtable

Brad Hogg, Tom Moody, Adam White, and Tom Morris have made the most of the rain delay and discussed the burning questions that could decide the Ashes series.

Have a listen below.

5:16pm - Listen to the full chat with Lance Morris

Earlier in the rain delay, West Australian and Australian bowler Lance Morris chatted with the SEN Cricket team.

In this interview, he talked about his back injury that has ruled him out for the Ashes.

To listen to the full chat, click the play button below.

5:08pm - WATCH SEN CRICKET'S REACTION TO THE WICKETS OF ROHIT SHARMA AND VIRAT KOHLI

5:03pm - The rain is still pouring

It's been about 90 minutes since we came off the ground with rain still pouring and the covers still on.

Let's hope that the worst of it has been and gone.

4:34pm - Moody: Konstas wouldn't be considered for national team if he wasn't from NSW

During the rain delay, the conversation has turned to what Australia's top six could look like for the Ashes.

Tom Moody, Tom Morris and Adam White have just debated whether Sam Konstas should be in contention for the team, with Moody believing that the 20-year-old would not be discussed had be playing for any other state outside of New South Wales.

Moody: “I think if he came from another state, he wouldn’t be in the conversation, it’s as simple as that.”

T. Morris: “Do you actually believe that?”

Moody: “100%.”

“He hasn’t got a body of work to justify this sort of sudden superstar…and it’s not his fault.”

White: “No, it’s not.”

Moody: “You know, Cricket Australia are using him as a marketing piece for this summer. He may not even play the First Test.”

“That’s egg on the face straight away, I just think (its) unnecessary pressure put on a young talent.

“There’s no question that he isn’t talented, but certainly the sample size I’ve seen, I don’t think he has got a technique quite ready or a game strategy to be able to match it in the fast lane of international cricket…yet.”

4:20pm - Morris addresses injury concerns

During the rain delay, Western Australian fast bowler Lance Morris has joined the broadcast.

Morris has been a constant name thrown up as the next generation of Australian fast bowlers that could replace the likes of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins once they retire.

Already, he has featured for the Australian ODI squad but has been cruelled by injuries.

The latest injury that Morris has sustained is a back injury which has ended his summer early with the injury being similar to Cam Green's which saw him miss the Border-Gavaskar Series.

This has seen the Western Australian opt to have surgery on it, admitting that this was a line in the sand moment on having surgery to fix the issue.

“I think in my situation, just over the last three years, I’ve obviously been managed for a fair bit of cricket,” he said.

“Having long spells, particularly over the winter and putting my feet up and having to do not a great deal.

“I think we got to this point where my back was sore when I was getting ready for those ODIs up in the Top End, and it was just a line in the sand moment where we have gone about the natural way of trying to heal this thing up, and it’s not responding how we like.

“So, it was actually quite an easy decision to make with CA’s (Cricket Australia) support around it, and they have been incredible so far.

“I’ve had all the access to everyone I need.”

4:03pm - Australian all-rounder agrees with Broad's comments

While the current ODI and subsequent T20 series against India is the current focus of the Australian team, the Ashes will certainly capture the attention of the side and the imagination of both Australians and the English.

Already, the war of words between ex-players has certainly made for some interesting reading, such as Stuart Broad's (who will be on SEN Cricket's broadcast of the Ashes) comments about this Australian Test side being the worst side since 2010.

But one Australian all-rounder would agree with Broad's comments.

TO READ THAT ARTICLE, CLICK HERE

3:51pm - BOM Forecast is not looking promising

3:36pm - And we're off again

We've got our second rain delay for the match.

The covers are back on, and it looks like we'll be off for a longer period of time compared to the first one.

"It's not heavy rain, but looking at the radar, there is heavy rain coming," Adam White said on SEN Cricket.

"And I think as much as anything, this is a precautionary move."

But this might play into the hands of Australia, according to Tom Moody.

"Australia will be disappointed that they are coming off and on all the time,” he explained.

“But it's certainly harder for India in this situation.”

India 3/37 after 11.5 overs

3:30pm - Moody: "I think he (Nathan Ellis) is a massively underrated bowler in this format of the game"

3:25pm - Play is back on

With the delay, it has now reduced the game to 49 overs for each innings.

That was definitely one of the shortest rain delays I have ever seen in cricket.

3:20pm - Covers are off

And just as the covers came on, they have come off just as fast.

The players are waiting in their dugouts, waiting for word from the umpires on when they can come back on.

3:15pm - Rain delay

And just as the Aussies were getting on top of the match, the ground staff brought on the covers with a little bit of drizzle around the ground.

India 3/25 after 8.5 overs

3:09pm - Wicket - Gill

In the first bowling change of the game, Nathan Ellis has come on and taken the wicket of Shubman Gill with his first ball.

The Indian captain tried to flick the ball off his pads but edged it with wicketkeeper Josh Philippe taking the catch which just carried.

Tom Moody felt that the shot played by Gill was pre-emptive.

"That was a little bit of pre-empting there from Gill," he said.

"He's moved across with that front leg before Ellis has let go of the ball."

The Australians are on a roll.

India 3/25 after 8.1 overs

3:00pm - Wicket - Kohli out for a duck

It couldn't have been a worse start for Virat Kohli as he is out for a duck.

Mitchell Starc put the ball outside off stump, and the great has sliced the ball.

And it was hit high enough that Cooper Connolly was able to take the catch at point with a diving effort.

SEN Cricket's Bharat Sundaresan felt that Kohli played that shot out of desperation after struggling to score after seven balls.

"He got a bit desperate didn't he, seven dot balls," he said.

Shreyas Iyer now comes to the crease.

India 2/21 after 6.1 overs

2:45pm - Wicket: Sharma

Josh Hazlewood has taken the first wicket of the series using some extra bounce, which caught Rohit Sharma off guard and saw him edge the ball.

Matt Renshaw was at second slip and took the catch comfortably as noted by Tom Moody.

"He took that in his sleep. He just looks so comfortable," he said on SEN Cricket's commentary.

Sharma's dismissal has brought Virat Kohli to the crease, and the crowd has gone wild for his arrival.

India 1/13 after 3.4 overs

2:42pm - Gill and Sharma drive for their first boundaries

Shubman Gill has played a divine drive past mid off for a boundary off Josh Hazelwood to give India their first boundary of the match.

And Rohit Sharma has followed suit off the bowling of Mitchell Starc.

India 0/13 after 3.0 overs

2:30pm - WE'RE UNDERWAY

Mitchell Starc has bowled the first ball of the match to Rohit Sharma who has hit a single.

Shubman Gill is now on strike.

India 0/1 after 0.1 overs

2:26pm - Should Jaiswal be in the XI?

Tom Moody is not convinced that that Rohit Sharma should be in the XI believing that 12th man Yashasvi Jaiswal should be in the side.

“At the top of the order, he is a superstar,” Moody said on SEN Cricket.

“He scored another 100 last week in the Test series just finished (against the West Indies) in India.

“He’s a very versatile player, he can play T20 cricket and he’s successful in Test Cricket.

“But to me he offers that left hand option at the top of the order.

“If you look at their batting line-up, they’re all right handers down to Axar Patel.”

2:23pm - The Welcome to Country ceremony is underway

2:13pm - Could we expect some rain?

According to the forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology, we might be set for rain to make an impact on the match.

2:06pm - Team lists confirmed

Following the coin toss, both sides have confirmed their team lists.

It's a new look side for Australia with there being seven changes from their last ODI against South Africa from August.

While for India, this is their first competitive ODI since the Champions Trophy back in March.

AUSTRALIA

• Mitch Marsh (c)
• Travis Head
• Matt Short
• Josh Philippe (wk)
• Matthew Renshaw
• Cooper Connolly
• Mitch Owen
• Mitch Starc
• Nathan Ellis
• Matthew Kuhnemann
• Josh Hazelwood
• Xavier Bartlett (12th man)

INDIA

• Shubman Gill (c)
• Rohit Sharma
• Virat Kohli
• Shreyas Iyer
• Axar Patel
• KL Rahul (wk)
• Washington Sundar
• Nitish Kumar Reddy
• Harshit Rana
• Arshdeep Singh
• Mohammed Siraj
• Yashasvi Jaiswal (12th man)

2:02pm - Coin toss results

Mitch Marsh has won the coin toss and has elected to bowl first.

1:56pm - Tom and Bharat's preview of the First ODI

SEN Cricket's Bharat Sundaresan and Tom Morris have given their preview of the match, which is set to get underway in 30 minutes.

Make sure to listen to their live coverage alongside Tom Moody, Adam White and Brad Hogg on the SEN app.

1:48pm - India confirms debutant

Having made his Test debut against Australia during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth last year, Nitish Kumar Reddy will now have his ODI debut at the Perth Stadium as well.

He becomes the 260th Indian male to represent his nation in the format.

1:44pm - Can the Aussies break their Perth Stadium hoodoo?

With a massive summer of cricket on the horizon for Australia, they will be hoping to start it off on the right foot with a victory over India today.

But in the small sample size of games that Australia has at Optus Stadium for ODIs, it has not been a happy hunting ground for the national team.

Since it opened in 2018, Australia has played three ODIs at the venue and has yet to win at the ground.

Can they turn their luck around against the World No.1s in India?

ODIs at Perth Stadium

• January 12, 2018 vs England (lost by 12 runs)
• November 4, 2018 vs South Africa (lost by six wickets)
• November 10, 2024 vs Pakistan (lost by six wickets)

1:28pm - Marsh confirms two debutants for Australia

While the first eleven for either side are yet to be announced, Australian ODI captain Mitch Marsh confirmed yesterday that Matt Renshaw and Mitch Owen will make their debuts in the format.

Australia squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Owen, Josh Philippe, Matthew Renshaw, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc

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