KL Rahul achieves unique record against Australia that two marquee Indian skippers couldn't

India beat Australia by five wickets in the first ODI of the three-match ODI series. KL Rahul led from the front in Mohali and scripted a historic victory for the Men in Blue on Friday. After the win against the five-time champions, Rahul scripted a record that neither MS Dhoni nor Virat Kohli could achieve.

India won their first ODI against Australia after 27 years at Mohali. The Aussies have a good record at Mohali, having won six of the last seven ODIs played here. Indians must be relieved that they have been able to end this losing streak and take a 1-0 lead in the series.

With this win, the Men in Blue side became the No.1 side in all formats. Previously they were second in the table. Mohammed Shami was the main man in India's win against the Aussies. He was the second pacer to pick up a fifer after 16 years in ODI cricket.

We only played five bowlers, so they had to bowl 10 overs: KL Rahul

This was the first ODI win for India against Australia at the IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali since 1996. The last time India beat Aussies here was under the captaincy of Sachin Tendulkar. Rahul after the win said, "We only played five bowlers, so they had to bowl 10 overs."

"After Shubman got out, it was a bit tricky with the set batter out. But managed to build a good partnership with Surya, need to put myself in such challenging situations. (In partnership with Surya) We kept talking about hitting good cricket shots, rotating the strike and this is something all our batters are working on. We didn't want to get bogged down, we were always on par so we wanted to take it deep."

Before this match Rahul has featured in 11 ODIs against Australia, scoring 392 runs at an impressive average of 43.55. India got off to a flying start with openers Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad laying the foundation as they stitched a 142-run partnership. With both the batters scoring fifties.