The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced the Indian team for the tour of Australia on Saturday. This announcement has been made for T20 and ODI series. Veteran batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who have retired from Test and T20 International, are part of the ODI team. While Shubman Gill has been made the captain of the ODI team by snatching the ODI captaincy from Rohit Sharma. At the same time, Gill has also been made the captain of ODI after the Test, while in T20 cricket he has been made the vice -captain of the team.
Let me tell you that by snatching the ODI captain from Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill is the ODI Cup 2027 behind making ODI captain.
Rohit Sharma captained India in 56 ODIs, which has a strong record. Under his leadership, the Indian team won 42 ODIs and defeated only 12 times. Under his leadership, India reached the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup. Where Australia lost. Rohit and Kohli will play for India after 9 months. The two last played in the ICC Champions Trophy in March. India won the Champions Trophy under Rohit’s leadership.
Currently, the limited over series between India and Australia will begin in Perth from 19 November. India have to play three ODIs and five T20 matches in Australia. The T20 series will begin from October 29. At the same time, Jasprit Bumrah has been rested from the ODI series while will enter the T20 series.
On the other hand, Hardik Pandya is not included in the Indian squad due to injury. He had a haemstring problem during the Asia Cup. At the same time, wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant will not go on tour to Australia due to unfit. He was injured during the Test series in England.
Indian ODI Team- Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (Vice -captain), Akshar Patel, KL Rahul wicketkeeper, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammad Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, famous Krishna, Dhruv Jurlel, Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Indian T20 Team- Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (Vice -captain), Tilak Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Varun Chakraborty, Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar.