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India name Shubman Gill as ODI captain for Australia tour

Ex-skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli included in team
Published 04 Oct, 2025 03:32pm
Shubman Gill. – Reuters file
Shubman Gill. – Reuters file

Shubman Gill was named India’s 50-overs captain on Saturday in place of Rohit Sharma, who was named in the squad along with batting stalwart Virat Kohli for three one-day internationals in Australia this month.

Both Rohit and Kohli have quit test cricket and T20 Internationals and are only available for India in the 50-over format.

Gill took over as test captain after Rohit quit the long format in May, and he is the vice captain of India’s T20 squad led by Suryakumar Yadav.

Rohit and Kohli last played for India in the Champions Trophy final in March in which they beat New Zealand.

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Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, who is recovering from a fractured foot and was ruled out of the ongoing test series against West Indies, was not selected for the tour Down Under.

India will play three ODIs in Australia, followed by five T20 Internationals.

India’s ODI squad: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice captain), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal.

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