India will begin their road to the 2027 ODI World Cup in Australia with a new captain in Shubman Gill at the helm, as he takes over from Rohit Sharma ahead of the three-match series, starting later this month. The 26-year-old Gill is all set to become the 28th ODI captain for the Men in Blue in history, spanning over a 1000 games and 51 years. Gill's appointment marks the end of a four-year full-time reign for Rohit as captain, during which he led India to the 2023 ODI World Cup and the Champions Trophy crown after 12 years earlier in 2025. India ODI, T20I squads for Australia Announcement Updates Rohit remains as one of seven Indian men to captain in at least 50 ODIs, with his 75% win percentage ranking the best among the club of elite leaders. Rohit was integral to India's Champions Trophy win in Dubai earlier this year, scoring a match-winning 76 in the final against New Zealand. Meanwhile, Gill's rapid ascent to the top has been regarded as inevitable with his supreme one-day record. Gill has played 55 ODI and scored 2775 runs at an average of 59.04 with eight centuries, including a 208 against New Zealand in Hyderabad in 2023. Soon-to-be 37, Virat Kohli remains as the highest active ODI run-scorer with 14,181 at 57.88 and a record 51 hundreds. Meanwhile, Rohit follows at second on the circuit with 11,168 runs, averaging 48.76 with 32 centuries. Full List of India Men's ODI captains No. Name Span Matches Won Lost Win % 1 Ajit Wadekar 1974 2 0 2 0 2 S Venkataraghavan 1975–79 7 1 6 14.28 3 Bishen Singh Bedi 1975–78 4 1 3 25 4 Sunil Gavaskar 1980–85 37 14 21 37.83 5 Gundappa Viswanath 1980 1 0 1 0 6 Kapil Dev 1982–92 74 39 33 52.7 7 Syed Kirmani 1983 1 0 1 0 8 Mohinder Amarnath 1984 1 0 0 0 9 Ravi Shastri 1986–91 11 4 7 36.36 10 Dilip Vengsarkar 1987–88 18 8 10 44.44 11 Krishnamachari Srikkanth 1989 13 4 8 30.76 12 Mohammad Azharuddin 1989–99 174 90 76 51.72 13 Sachin Tendulkar 1996–99 73 23 43 31.5 14 Ajay Jadeja 1998–99 13 8 5 61.53 15 Sourav Ganguly 1999–2005 146 76 65 52.05 16 Rahul Dravid 2000–07 79 42 33 53.16 17 Anil Kumble 2002 1 1 0 100 18 Virender Sehwag 2003–2011 12 7 5 58.33 19 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2007–18 200 110 74 55 20 Suresh Raina 2010-2014 12 6 5 50.5 21 Gautam Gambhir 2010–11 6 6 0 100 22 Virat Kohli 2013–21 95 65 27 68.42 23 Ajinkya Rahane 2015 3 3 0 100 24 Rohit Sharma 2017–2025 56 42 12 75 25 Shikhar Dhawan 2021–22 12 7 3 58.33 26 KL Rahul 2022–23 12 8 4 66.67 27 Hardik Pandya 2023 3 2 1 28 Shubman Gill 2025 India tour of Australia 2025 - ODI Schedule 1st ODI - October 19 (Perth Stadium) 2nd ODI - October 23 (Adelaide Oval) 3rd ODI - October 25 (SCG)
