This story is from September 23, 2023
| PLAYER | MATCHES | WICKETS |
| Kapil Dev | 41 | 45 |
| Mohd Shami | 23 | 37 |
| Ajit Agarkar | 21 | 36 |
| Jawagal Srinath | 29 | 33 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 35 | 32 |
India's young openers ensured an easy five-wicket win over Australia after pacer Mohammed Shami took five wickets to restrict visitors at 276 in the first ODI in Mohali on Friday.
Shami gave India the perfect start by dismissing dangerous Mitchell Marsh in the first over after KL Rahul won the toss and chose to field first.
Opener David Warner and Steve Smith stabilised the Australian innings after Marsh's wicket with a 94-run stand before Warner fell to Ravindra Jadeja.
Smith fell soon after to leave visitors struggling at 112-3, and R Ashwin removed a well-set Marnus Labuschagne (39).
A passing shower briefly disrupted play before a key partnership between Josh Inglis (45) and Marcus Stoinis (29) began to take the initiative.
But Shami returned to remove Stoinis, Matthew Short, and Sean Abbott and finish with 5-51.
India lost four quick wickets, including openers Ruturaj Gaikwad (71) and Shubman Gill (74), after their 142-run opening stand.
Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa removed both openers to finish his spell with 2-57.
After Gaikwad's wicket at 142, India also lost Shreyas Iyer (3), Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan (18) to slip to 185-4.