India lost three wickets including skipper Rohit Sharma for a duck inside two overs as they chased a winning target of 200 to beat Australia in a key World Cup clash on Sunday.

Left-arm quick Mitchell Starc struck in the first over to send back Ishan Kishan for a duck after the left-hander slashed at a delivery to get caught at slip in Chennai.

Josh Hazlewood then struck twice in one over to remove Rohit lbw on an incoming delivery and then Shreyas Iyer caught at covers also for nought to silence the home crowd of around 30,000.

Earlier Ravindra jadeja took three wickets to help bowl out Australia for 199 in 49.3 overs after the Aussies elected to bat first.