India announce new ODI captain for the Australia series

Shubman Gill has been announced as India's new 50-overs captain, replacing Rohit Sharma, to lead the team in the three-match ODI series against Australia that is commencing on October 19.

Gill led India in the ICC World Test Championship series against England to a 2-2 draw, while finishing the series as the highest run-getter with 754 runs at an average of 75.40.

Experienced batters Rohit and Virat Kohli will return to the fold as batters.

Rohit and Kohli haven't been in action at international level since the ICC Champions Trophy event at the start of the year, but the pair will make their return to international cricket during the three-game ODI series against the Aussies that starts in Perth.

The cricketing greats have retired from T20I and Test cricket within the last 12 months, and will return to action for the much-anticipated three-match ODI series ahead of the next edition of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup at the start of 2027.

India ODI squad: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, 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.

India T20I squad: : Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar.

Series schedule:

First ODI: October 19, Perth

Second ODI: October 23, Adelaide

Third ODI: October 25, Sydney

First T20I: October 29, Canberra

Second T20I: October 31, Melbourne

Third T20I: November 2, Hobart

Fourth T20I: November 6, Gold Coast

Fifth T20I: November 8, Brisbane

More to follow...