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MUMBAI: The dawn of a new era in Indian cricket has arrived with Test skipper Shubman Gill stepping into Rohit Sharma’s shoes as leader of the One Day Internationals (ODI) side following India’s squad announcement for the Australia tour.
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The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) on Saturday announced the 15-member squad for the three-match series against Australia, which is set to begin on October 19.
The squad includes veterans Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who will be representing India for the first time since their Champions Trophy triumph in 2025.
The reason behind the captaincy change, it is learned, was that the selectors wanted Gill to settle down well before the 2027 World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia.
In total, Rohit Sharma led India in 56 ODIs and boasted an excellent record, with 42 wins, 11 losses, one match ending in a tie, and one with no result. The right-handed batter was also instrumental in India’s 2025 Champions Trophy win.
Apart from the Champions Trophy, India won the 2018 and 2023 Asia Cups under his captaincy, whereas the Men in Blue also reached the 2023 ODI World Cup final.
While Shubman Gill, who was tipped as the next leader, has now held in India’s all formats. He took over Test captaincy after Rohit Sharma’s retirement ahead of the England tour. He is also India’s vice-captain in T20Is.
For context, after the three-match series against Australia will be followed by a T20I series comprised of five matches.
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.
Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (vice-captain), 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.
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