The Indian squad for the tour of Australia has been announced. India is scheduled to play three ODIs and five T20Is in Australia. The series will start on October 19 with the first ODI in Perth.
The big news is that Indian Test captain Shubman Gill has replaced Rohit Sharma as the captain of the ODI side. Shreyas Iyer has been appointed the vice-captain of the side. The series will be important for the Indian team, considering India has not played an ODI game since the final of the Champions Trophy.
This series will also be the comeback series for both Rohit and Virat Kohli. Both players announced their retirement from Test cricket earlier this year and will play only ODIs now. Both players have been included in the squad.
India’s ODI Squad Against Australia
Shubman Gill (c), 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’s T20I Squad Against Australia
Surya Kumar 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
The Indian management has announced the squad for the T20I series. Hardik Pandya, who sustained an injury in the Asia Cup, was not available for selection in either squad. Nitish Kumar Reddy has found a place in the squad in Hardik’s absence in both squads.
Jasprit Bumrah has not been picked in the ODI squad but is a part of the T20I side. Mohammed Siraj, who was dropped during the Champions Trophy, is back in the ODI squad. Washington Sundar is the only all-rounder in the ODI squad, which means Ravindra Jadeja has not been picked. Sundar is a part of the T20I squad as well.
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