Melbourne - Aaron Finch made 96 on Sunday to lead Australia to a six-wicket win over India in a tri-series one-day cricket match shaped by the innings of two opening batsmen.
Rohit Sharma earlier made 138, batting for 49 overs and adding 126 with Suresh Raina, to steer India to 267-8 as they batted first at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after winning the toss.
Mitchell Starc took a career-best 6-43 to limit India.
Australia's innings developed along strikingly similar lines: Aaron Finch opened and played the anchor, sharing a 101-run third-wicket partnership with Steve Smith that carried Australia within sight of victory.
Finch and Smith were out within three balls of each other around the 40th over and Australia lost two more wickets before it reached its target with an over to spare.
Scoreboard:
India Innings
Rohit Sharma c Maxwell b Starc 138
Shikhar Dhawan c Finch b Starc 2
Ajinkya Rahane c Haddin b Sandhu 12
Virat Kohli c Bailey b Faulkner 9
Suresh Raina c Maxwell b Starc 51
M.S.Dhoni b Starc 19
Akshar Patel lbw b Starc 0
Ravi Ashwin not out 14
Bhuvneshwar Kumar b Starc 0
Mohammed Shami not out 2
Extras (1b,3lb,15w,1nb) 20
TOTAL (for 8 wickets) 267
Overs: 50. Batting time: 236 minutes.
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-33, 3-59, 4-185, 5-237, 6-237, 7-262, 8-262.
Did not bat: Umesh Yadav.
Bowling: Mitchell Starc 10-2-43-6 (4w), Pat Cummins 10-0-52-0 (2w), Gurinder Sandhu 10-0-58-1 (3w), James Faulkner 10-0-63-1 (3w,1nb), Shane Watson 8-0-33-0 (3w), Glenn Maxwell 2-0-14-0.
Australia InningsAaron Finch c Dhoni b Yadav 96
David Warner c Raina b Yadav 24
Shane Watson b Patel 41
Steve Smith c Ashwin b Shami 47
Glenn Maxwell c and b Kumar 20
George Bailey std. Dhoni b Ashwin 5
Brad Haddin not out 13
James Faulkner not out 9
Extras (3lb,11w) 14
TOTAL (for 6 wickets) 269
Overs: 49. Batting time: 211 minutes.
Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-115, 3-216, 4-219, 5-230, 6-248.
Did not bat: Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Gurinder Sandhu.
Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 9.5-0-44-1 (3w), Umesh Yadav 10-1-55-2 (4w), Mohammed Shami 8.1-0-44-1 (1w), Akshar Patel 10-0-45-1 (1w), Ravi Ashwin 9-0-54-1, Suresh Raina 2-0-24-0 (2w).
Result: Australia won by four wickets.
Toss: won by India.
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lanka, and John Ward, Australia.
TV Umpire: Mick Martell, Australia. Match Referee: Andy Pycroft, Zimbabwe.