a terrific low catch at longoff from rahane to get finch for 71 and snap the partnership at 145 the joint fifth best for australia against india in odis manish pandey dropped marsh at slip off umesh this drop casting four runs before ishant produced a leading edge to cover this left australia wanting a further 143 runs in 201 overs with the previous matchs lead actors at the crease smith made a perky 46 from 47 balls before he exposed his stumps and was bowled by umesh but bailey dashed any thoughts of a gabba thriller with 76 from 58 balls in the company of glenn maxwell bailey his average against india now 9585 was calculated against the rookie sran at the death walloping him for six and four as he sped past fifty in 41 balls with that assault india were well and truly out of the contest now spare a thought for rohit whose last three odi hundreds 150 against south africa before the 171 in perth have come in defeats ms dhonis decision to bat first on a warm afternoon on a hardbaked batting strip allowed rohit another opportunity to display his full array of strokes and he did just that in between a few initial wafts one thick outside edge to third man and a top edge over fine leg for six rohit played some truly pleasing shots joined midway into the third over by virat kohli after another shikhar dhawan failure this time flailing at joel paris for a simple catch to matthew wade rohit continued from where he left off his partners company at perth kohli untroubled while making 59 from 67 balls provided rohit the security of a steady head at one end and the opener flourished with calm straight drives and cuts that almost delicate halo over rohit was once again unmistakable after crossing fifty in 61 balls he tucked into richardson a second time with two eyepopping sixes in one over each hit punctuated by contrasting crispness a flat pull crunched off the back foot followed by a push over midoff kohlis breezy halfcentury contributed to an alliance of 125 at 581 an over his run out during the 24th over the result of an overzealous call for a second run rahane whistled along with just one boundary in his first 36 balls faced by whipping deliveries off the stumps punching into the offside and sashaying out to spin dropped on 38 when john hastings could only get fingers on a firm drive rahane moved to his fifty in 50 balls but his inability to press on during the final ten overs was startling rohits unfortunate dismissal run out when james faulkner deflected a rahane drive onto the stumps in his followthrough was followed by rahane losing his fluency against a very tidy deathovers performance from australias quicks rahane and dhoni played 22 balls without a four or six as the bowlers targeted a