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.

Notable absentees from the India ODI squad that won the Champions Trophy early this year are Ravindra Jadeja and Varun Chakaravarthy, as well as the injured Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant.

Jasprit Bumrah, who has been included in the T20I squad, also doesn't feature in the 50-over side.

Meanwhile, Nitish Kumar Reddy finds a place in both the white-ball squads, while Mohammed Siraj makes a comeback to the ODI side. Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel, and Yashasvi Jaiswal are the others to be named in the 15-member ODI squad that will tour Australia.

On Jadeja's exclusion from the ODI squad, BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar said, "At the moment to take two left-arm spinners to Australia is not possible.

"He is clearly in the scheme of things with how good he is, but there will be some competition for places."

"At the moment we could only carry one and get some balance in the team with Washi (Washington Sundar) and Kuldeep there as well.

"I don't think we are going to need more than that in Australia."

India's T20I squad also features a couple of new additions from their recent Asia Cup win, with Reddy replacing seasoned all-rounder Hardik Pandya in the side, and Washington Sundar also being roped in to the 16-member squad.

Meanwihile, Agarkar also shed some light on Bumrah's selection for the T20I series and his absence in the ODI squad.

"We have already rested him for the one-day games. When we can manage his workload, we will do that.

"Wherever you can give him a break, you will, because we all know how important he is, but we have also got to see what is in the interest of the team.

"Not just him, Siraj bowls a lot of overs as well. There are other guys who do play Test cricket, who will end up having a lot of bowling to do, so we will try and manage all the seamers, so that we minimise the risk of injuries."

The five-match T20I series between India and Australia provides the two teams with some valuable preparation for next year's ICC Men's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.

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