Virat Kohli inspires an Indian victory

Virat Kohli hit his highest one-day international score to lead India to a five-wicket win over Australia in the second one-day international at Visakhapatnam.

Kohli smashed 118, despite being hampered by a leg injury, to guide the hosts past Australia's 289 for three with seven balls to spare.

Stand-in Australia captain Michael Clarke had earlier returned to form as he hit his fifth ODI century, although his knock was overshadowed by a blazing late innings from Cameron White.

White smashed an unbeaten 89 from just 49 balls as the tourists took 114 from the final ten overs to set a testing chase.

But even that was not enough as the 21-year-old Kohli displayed maturity beyond his years, with the aid of half-centuries from Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh, to guide India to a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, which saw the opening game ruined by rain. With both teams opting to rest most of their star names, there were two new faces in each team.

Left-handers Shikhar Dhawan and Saurabh Tiwary made their India debuts while Australia fielded an inexperienced bowling attack after bringing in untried duo Mitchell Starc and John Hastings.

That meant Nathan Hauritz, criticised for his performances so far on tour, was easily the tourists' most experienced bowler with 55 ODI caps.