After losing the toss and struggling early in its innings yesterday, the world No.th1 side scored an impressive 65-run win in the opening game of the tri-series that also features Sri Lanka.

Wicketkeeper Matthew Wade top-scored in his one-day international debut with 67 and was named man-of-the-match as Australia reached 5-216 from its allotted 32 overs.

The Indians were never in the hunt and were dismissed for 151 from 29.4 overs.

Clint McKay took 4-20 from 4.4 overs, while Virat Kohli top-scored with 31.

Wade also was named man-of-the-match last week in his international Twenty20 debut.

The match attracted a crowd of 29,959, compared to more than 62,000 fans who attended Friday night's Twenty20 clash at the same ground between these two teams.

The day had started badly for Australia, who lost paceman Brett Lee for the rest of the summer with a broken toe.

But it was a listless performance from India, only two days after it showed marked improvement in the Twenty20 win over Australia.

Its night was summed up by Ravichandran Ashwin's run out for the eighth wicket.

He went for a third run that was never there and a sharp piece of team fielding caught him well short.

The Indians made a disastrous start to their innings when Ricky Ponting took a great low catch at gully to snare the vital wicket of Sachin Tendulkar for two.

Mitch Starc took his second wicket in the following over when Gautam Gambhir was caught behind for five, leaving the tourists 2-19.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma put on 51 to give India some hope before Mckay struck twice in his first ove leaving the Indians 4-65.