New Delhi: Former captain Sunil Gavaskar yesterday said if India were to win the ongoing five-match ODI series in Australia the visitor's need to find a way to dismiss home team skipper Steven Smith early.


Sunil Gavaskar. Pic/AFP

Chasing an imposing 310-run target, Australia rode on captain Smith's fluent 149 to script a comfortable five-wicket victory over India in a high-scoring first cricket one-dayer to take a 1-0 lead at Perth yesterday. Smith again turned out to be India's nemesis, pacing his innings to perfection. His sequence of scores against the 'Men In Blue' across formats now reads: 162 not out, 52 not out, 133, 28, 192, 14, 117, 71, 47, 105.