The Indian team has to play three ODIs and five T20 International matches against Australia from October 19. The Indian team was announced on 4 October (Saturday) for the tour of Australia.
There is not much change in the T20 team, but the ODI squad is seen to be changed.
Shubman Gill, captain of the Indian team in the ODI series against Australia, will be seen handling. Shubman has been made the new captain of India’s ODI team in place of Rohit Sharma. At the same time, Shreyas Iyer has got the responsibility of vice-captain. That is, there has been a change in the leadership of the Indian team in ODI cricket.
The Indian team played its last ODI match in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Then in the final, Team India, led by Rohit Sharm, won the title by defeating New Zealand. The five players in the Indian team of Champions Trophy 2025 will not be part of the ODI series against Australia. These include Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty and Rishabh Pant.
Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant are not fully fit
All -rounder Hardik Pandya and wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant are recovering from Inzari and they were not available for selection. While Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty and Ravindra Jadeja have been dropped. In place of these five, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, famous Krishna, Mohammad Siraj and Dhruv Jurael have been selected in the ODI team.
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Wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurael and all -rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy do not have a little experience of ODI cricket and they have not been able to make their debut in this format till now. At the same time, Yashasvi Jaiswal has played only 1 ODI match so far. The remaining 10 players who have been selected in the ODI team were also part of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Indian team for ODI series against Australia: Shubman Gill (Captain), Shreyas Iyer (Vice-Qetan), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Juril (wicketkeeper), Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammad Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, famous Krishna, Yashswi Jaiswal.
The Indian team was such in the Champions Trophy 2025: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-Qetan), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarti and Ravindra Jadeja.
Indian team for T20 series against Australia: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (Vice-Qetan), Tilak Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Varun Chakraborty, Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh.
Indian team’s tour of Australia
First ODI -19 October, Perth
Second ODI- 23 October, Adelaide
Third ODI- 25 October, Sydney
First T20- 29 October, Canberra
Second T20- 31 October, Melbourne
Third T20- 2 November, Hobart
Fourth T20- 6 November, Gold Coast
Fifth T20- 8 November, Brisbane