India T20, ODI Squad for Australia Tour 2025 Announced: In a massive start to their next ODI World Cup preparations, Team India unveiled Test skipper Shubman Gill as the new ODI captain on Saturday, replacing Rohit Sharma ahead of the upcoming tour of Australia, starting October 19 in Perth. The 26-year-old Gill will be the 28th skipper for India in men's ODIs, with Shreyas Iyer taking charge as his deputy. Heavyweights Rohit and Virat Kohli will, however, mark their comeback in national colours for the first time in seven months as the BCCI national selection committee named the superstar duo for the three-match ODI leg of the white-ball tour. India ODI, T20I squads for Australia Announcement Updates Both Rohit and Kohli, who announced their Test retirements in May, last featured for India in the Champions Trophy 2025 final in New Zealand that the Men in Blue won by four wickets in Dubai. Chasing 252 in the final, Kohli was dismissed for one run while skipper Rohit headlined the summit clash with a swashbuckling 76 off 83 deliveries and adjudged the Player of the Match. Soon-to-be 37, Kohli remains as the highest active ODI run-scorer with 14,181 at 57.88 with a record 51 hundreds. Meanwhile, Rohit follows at second on the circuit with 11,168 runs, averaging 48.76 with 32 centuries. Dhruv Jurel in, Siraj returns; Asia Cup squad retained With Bumrah rested for the ODI leg of the tour, speedster Mohammed Siraj marked his return to the 50-over set-up after missing out on the Champions Trophy. Meanwhile, Dhruv Jurel was elevated as the back-up wicket-keeper in the 50-over set-up with Rishabh Pant out injured. Leading the T20I squad, Suryakumar Yadav will continue to have the company of the rest of his Asia Cup-winning squad for the trip Down Under. India ODI squad for Australia tour: 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 T20I squad for Australia series: 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. India tour of Australia 2025 - Full Schedule ODIs 1st ODI - October 19 (Perth Stadium) 2nd ODI - October 23 (Adelaide Oval) 3rd ODI - October 25 (SCG) T20Is 1st T20I - October 29 (Manuka Oval) 2nd T20I - October 31 (MCG) 3rd T20I - November 2 (Bellerive Oval) 4th T20I - November 6 (Gold Coast Stadium) 5th T20I - November 8 (The Gabba)
