The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made a bold move, making Shubman Gill the new ODI captain ahead of India’s tour of Australia, with Shreyas Iyer named as vice captain.
The BCCI went on to confirm their decision during the India squad announcement on October 04 for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Australia.
On the other hand, some well-known players like Hardik Pandya, recovering from a quadriceps injury and Rishabh Pant, recovering from a foot injury, are unavailable for the tour.
“He won’t be fit for the Australia series due to the injury he picked up ahead of the final. He will undergo rehab at the Centre of Excellence (CoE) and only then will we know,” chief selector, Ajit Agarkar, said.
🚨 India’s squad for Tour of Australia announced
Shubman Gill named #TeamIndia Captain for ODIs
The #AUSvIND bilateral series comprises three ODIs and five T20Is against Australia in October-November pic.twitter.com/l3I2LA1dBJ
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 4, 2025
With the future of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the ODI set up continues to be widely debated, both has been included in the squad. However, the selectors will likely make adjustments due to fitness concerns and workload management.
The duo has been preparing for the upcoming tour after a seven-month hiatus from international cricket.
With Virat Kohli making a century against Pakistan and a valuable knock against Australia in the semi finals of the Champions Trophy 2025, Rohit Sharma went on to made a match winning contribution in the finals against New Zealand.
After Kohli and Rohit Sharma announced their retirements in T20 and test formats, they are focusing exclusively on the limited overs cricket, amid the speculations over their longevity ahead of the 2027 ODI World Cup.
Meanwhile, the T20I squad remains largely unchanged. The only change is Nitish Reddy will be replacing Hardik Pandya.
The tour is set to begin with the ODI series which begins on October 19 before shifting to T20I series begininng on October 29.
India Squad for Australia ODIs: 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 squad for Australia T20Is: 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.
