Rohit Sharma was stripped off his India ODI captaincy regardless of two consecutive undefeated profitable campaigns in ICC tournaments, the 2024 ICC T20 World Cupand the 2025 Champions Trophy.
India additionally completed as runners-up of the 2023 ICC World Cup. Nonetheless, Shubman Gill has now been appointed because the skipper of the Males in Blue within the 50-overs recreation.
Rohit Sharma, in the intervening time, is continuous as only a participant on this format, having retired from T20Is in addition to Checks, and will probably be off to Australia quickly for a three-match ODI collection.
‘Its A Very Difficult Nation’: Rohit On AUS ODI Sequence
Attending the CEAT Cricket Awards, he offered his first feedback put up the captaincy snub on the upcoming problem:
,I really like taking part in towards them, love going to Australia, its a really difficult nation to play cricket, the folks there love the sport as properly, however actually, Australia will throw a special problem, which they’ve each time they’ve performed towards us,,
Nevertheless, Rohit additional acknowledged that his expertise of taking part in Down Underneath has made him conscious of what to anticipate:
“Having been there now a number of occasions, I do perceive what to anticipate, however sure, hopefully we are able to go over there and do what the Indian group is meant to do, try to win video games, try to get the lead to our favor, and try to do properly there”
The India vs Australia ODI collection kicks off in slightly over two weeks from now, beginning with the primary match in Perth on October 19, 2025. Adelaide and Sydney will host the remaining fixtures.
IND vs AUS:ODI Squads
India – Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal
Australia – Mitchell Marsh, Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey (wk), Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Inexperienced, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Mitchell Owen, Matthew Renshaw, Matthew Quick, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa