Australia vice-captain Alex Carey said yesterday that an ODI series win against a top team like India, "will mean a lot" considering the hosts' struggles over the last 12 months.

The home team took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series with a 34-run win in Sydney. The second ODI will be played in Adelaide today. nPakistan were the last side to lose an ODI series to Australia (4-1 in January 2017) and thereafter after a tumultuous 2018, wherein they won only two out of 18 ODIs, the hosts started 2019 on a winning note. "It would mean a lot, it has been a while. I want to see Australia win and being part of it means so much to us every game we play. But to continue to get better every game is probably our biggest process at the moment leading into that World Cup," said Carey.