Australia's new fad and the DRS leveller

There was widespread mirth at George Bailey's choice of a wide-brimmed canary hat in the first ODI. The man himself referred to it, with tongue in cheek reverence in the post-match press conference, as the Coloured Floppy. While it may never reach the status of the Baggy Green, the Coloured Floppy is catching on. Bailey's teammates, Glenn Maxwell and Aaron Finch ditched their caps in favour of the sun-smart option. While the likes of Greg Chappell, Mark Waugh, Michael Bevan and Terry Alderman also wore wide-brimmed hats, the great Richie Richardson was brave enough to bat in one and, therefore, remains the undisputed Floppy king.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli provided the backbone for India's innings in the first ODI in Perth and they hardly played a false shot as they looked to be heading for another big partnership. But, just as they appeared to be in full control, Kohli pulled to fine leg. However, a hint of hesitation in his push for a second run proved costly. Kane Richardson fired the ball straight into the gloves of Matthew Wade and Kohli's sprawling dive left him a foot short of the crease.

In game one, India's spurning of the DRS cost them the valuable wicket of George Bailey. This time around it saved them the valuable scalp of Rohit. Joel Paris served up a fine delivery that shaped away outside off stump and drew a faint edge from a prodding Rohit. A confident appeal from the entire Australian team was turned down and subsequent replays revealed a sharp spike on Snicko. Rohit was on 89 and went on to make 124. Paris was denied his second international wicket.

From the moment of his let off, Rohit - in magnificent form - looked certain to carry his bat and pass 150 in back-to-back matches. In the end he was undone by his own eagerness and a touch of bad luck. Rohit was at the non-striker's end when Ajinkya Rahane drove straight back to the bowler, James Faulkner, who just managed to get a touch on the ball. It shaved the stumps and Rohit, backing up, was left stranded with a wonderful innings cut short.

Shaun Marsh was living dangerously. The opener, on 19, didn't quite get hold of a Jadeja ball and sent a lofted drive straight to Ishant Sharma at long-on. Running in, Ishant attempted to take the catch at midriff height with fingers pointed down only to spill a relatively simple chance. The groans of the crowd were repeated in the following over when Rahane, fielding in the slips, couldn't snaffle a far more difficult chance. Marsh, on 22 this time, flashing hard and edging R Ashwin over Rahane's head.

Marsh, showing cat-like survival skills, lived on through two more incredibly difficult chances. One off a beautiful flat pull shot that was heading to the rope before a flying Barinder Sran somehow got hands to the ball. Then another put down in the slips, this time a diving Manish Pandey unable to grasp an outside edge off Ishant Sharma.