India ODI squad for Australia tour announced, Rohit Sharma sacked, Shubman Gill named new captain

In a massive development, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has sacked Rohit Sharma as the ODI skipper of the India National Cricket Team ahead of the upcoming Australia tour.

The Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee has decided to name the Test skipper Shubman Gill as the new ODI captain of the team, replacing Rohit Sharma at the helm.

Rohit Sharma's captaincy era ends

India National Cricket Team are all set to tour Australia for a three-match ODI series and a five-match T20I series in October-November 2025. Perth Stadium will host the ODI series opener on October 19, and the next two matches are set to be played on October 23 and 25 in Adelaide and Sydney.

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Rohit Sharma, alongside Virat Kohli, has been named in the squad, but the former has been stripped of the captaincy despite leading India to two back-to-back glories in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

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Shubman Gill, the new poster boy of Indian cricket, will be leading the ODI team as they prepare for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2027. He recently attended the selection meeting as well.

Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer is back in the leadership role, having been named the new ODI vice-captain following his success in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Other than that, Ravindra Jadeja has not been named in the ODI squad, Mohammed Shami also missed out on selection, while Jasprit Bumrah has been rested.

India’s ODI squad for the Australia tour:

Squad: 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.

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