Waves of transition which have been hitting Indian cricket for some time now crashed towards One-Day Internationals on Saturday (October 4, 2025) as Shubman Gill was named India’s captain rather than Rohit Sharma, forward of the three-match collection in Australia starting in Perth on October 19.

Chief selector Ajit Agarkar, in a press briefing in Ahmedabad, confirmed that the decision to indicate religion within the Test chief was made with the 2027 World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia in thoughts and in addition as a result of “it’s virtually not possible to have three totally different captains for 3 codecs”.

Gill’s deputy might be Shreyas Iyer as India is scheduled to play six extra ODIs towards the visiting South African and New Zealand sides within the subsequent three months.

Rohit, 38, was India’s Champions Trophy-winning skipper (March 2025), and in addition led India to the ultimate of the 2023 World Cup at dwelling. In a stellar stint, Rohit received 42 of the 56 ODIs by which he was on the helm, and averaged 59.42 with the bat in these contests. He has now been retained as a batter within the 50-over squad alongside Virat Kohli, who will quickly be 37.

“That’s the format they’re taking part in in the intervening time and we’ve picked them,” mentioned Agarkar. “As far because the 2027 World Cup is anxious, I don’t assume we have to discuss it right this moment.”

Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli has been named within the squad for the tour of Australia. | Photo Credit: AP

Ravindra Jadeja has missed out although, with Axar Patel being thought-about the first-choice left-arm tweaker.

“Taking two left-arm spinners to Australia shouldn’t be doable,” Agarkar defined. “He [Jadeja] is clearly within the scheme of issues however there might be some competitors for locations. Of course, he was there within the Champions Trophy, however we took these additional spinners due to the situations there.”

“With Washi [Washington Sundar] and Kuldeep [Yadav] there as properly, I don’t assume we’re going to want greater than that in Australia,” the previous India speedster added.

Also excluded from the profitable Champions Trophy roster are Varun Chakaravarthy and pacer Mohammed Shami. Hardik Pandya, who suffered a quadriceps damage forward of the latest Asia Cup last, has been changed by fellow fast-bowling all-rounder Nitish Reddy whereas Dhruv Jurel has been included because the second wicket-keeper behind Okay.L. Rahul.

The Suryakumar Yadav-led squad for the five-match T20I in Australia, nevertheless, bears a settled look, with the one notable change from the bunch that received the Asia Cup being Nitish’s inclusion rather than Pandya.

The T20 World Cup might be held in February-March 2026 at dwelling and in Sri Lanka, and India, after the upcoming collection Down Under, might be taking part in 5 T20Is towards South Africa and 5 versus New Zealand within the lead up.

Squad

Indian ODI squad for Australia tour: Shubman Gill (Capt.), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice-capt.), Axar Patel, Okay.L Rahul (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal.

The dates: First ODI Oct. 19 (Perth), second ODI Oct. 23 (Adelaide), third ODI Oct. 25 (Sydney).

India’s T20I squad: Suryakumar Yadav (Capt.), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (vice-capt.), 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.

The dates: First T201 Oct. 29 (Canberra), second T20I Oct. 31 (Melbourne), third T20I Nov. 2 (Hobart), fourth T20I Nov. 6 (Gold Coast), fifth T20I Nov. 8 (Brisbane).

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