Shubman Gill has replaced Rohit Sharma as the new ODI captain for the Indian cricket team, as the BCCI announced squads for the tour of Australia on Saturday. The BCCI has also named Rohit and Virat Kohli in the ODI squad, thus ending their seven-month exile from international cricket. Both Rohit and Kohli have retired from Tests and T20Is.
Notably, Shreyas Iyer, who was overlooked from the Indian squad for the Asia Cup 2025 despite impressive show in the shortest format of the game, have been named in the ODI squad and named vice-captain. Iyer was rewarded for his century against Australia A in an unofficial ODI recently.
Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah was rested for the ODI leg of the Australian tour while Yashasvi Jaiswal was recalled in the 50-over squad. The ODIs are scheduled to be played in Sydney, Adelaide, and Melbourne between October 19 and 25 and will be followed by a five-match T20 series.
India’s ODI squad for Australia tour
Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (VC), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal.
India’s T20I squad for Australia tour
Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (VC), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar.
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