Star batter Shubman Gill has replaced Rohit Sharma as India`s next ODI captain. The youngster has been named skipper for the three-match ODI series against Australia that begins on October 19th. Gill has been a mainstay in the Indian team across formats for a while now, and the selectors have felt it is the right time for the mantle to be passed on from a legendary player like Rohit Sharma to the next generation, with the 2027 World Cup build-up starting soon.
Rohit Sharma had an exceptional record as a white-ball captain and also ended India`s ICC trophy drought by winning the ICC T20 World Cup in 2024 and the ICC Champions Trophy in 2025. However, the selectors have decided to make the difficult decision and look at the future by naming Shubman Gill as the captain and Shreyas Iyer as the vice-captain. Both the legends Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retain their spots in the ODI squad as players.
The middle order mantle of Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, and Axar Patel that won India the Champions Trophy has been trusted to come good once again. With Hardik Pandya out injured, Nitish Kumar Reddy has received a call-up into the side. Kuldeep Yadav, Axar, and Washington Sundar are the three spinning options in the ODI squad, and Ravindra Jadeja has been ignored.
Jasprit Bumrah has been rested from the ODI series, and the likes of Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, and Harshit Rana will share the responsibility in the pace battery. Dhruv Jurel and Yashasvi Jaiswal get a look into the team as backup wicketkeeper and backup opener, respectively. The T20I squad is more or less the same as that was in the Asia Cup last month, with the addition of Nitish Kumar Reddy in place of the injured Hardik Pandya.
India’s ODI squad: 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’s T20I squad: 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.