Speaking at the post-match presentation ceremony, Virat Kohli said, "Happy with the performances, and hopefully, we take the momentum forward. The win was crucial for us as the team needed that kind of boost.

Natarajan's induction had come at the right time when Team India was pushed to fix the bowling line-up after losing the two consecutive matches and the series to the host.

India will be meeting the host for the third and final ODI to Canberra on December 2. Following the ODI series, India and Australia will be playing three T20 matches and four tests. 

"The key to winning games is picking up wickets, that is something we were not able to do, also lapses in the field were also a reason why we couldn't capitalize on any kind of momentum", Kohli added.

The two Australians had carried the placards with the slogans of demanding not to grant the loan for the Indian-based Adani Group for its controversial and strongly opposed coal project in Australia.