Rohit Sharma dethroned as India announced ODI squad for Australia ODI series; Shreyas Iyer to deputy Shubman Gill

The Board of Cricket Control in India has announced the 15-man squad for the three-match ODI series against Australia. As speculated earlier, Rohit Sharma has been demoted from captaincy, and Shubman Gill succeeded him as the new ODI captain. Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer, who is currently leading the India-A batch against Australia A at Kanpur, has been announced as the deputy of Shubman Gill.

Notably, this series will see both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli back in the helm. However, key players like Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, and Jasprit Bumrah are missing. Bumrah, who is currently playing the West Indies Test series in India, has been rested. Both Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant are dealing with injuries.

Nitish Kumar Reddy has received the call to replace Pandya. Dhruv Jurel, on the other hand, has been chosen as the backup keeper in the ODI, with KL Rahul as the first-choice keeper. 

The Indian team will be playing three ODI matches against Australia. The first one will be played on October 19th at Perth, followed by the 23rd and 25th of October in Adelaide and Sydney, respectively.

India's schedule for the ODI series

India squad for the ODIs: 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.

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Almost unchanged squad for T20Is

India will be playing five T20Is right after the commencement of the ODI series. For that, the BCCI announced a 16-man squad. There is not much difference in the Suryakumar Yadav-led squad that played in the 2025 Asia Cup. All 10 men are intact, while Reddy is touring in place of Pandya, and Washington Sundar has been promoted to the team. 

India's schedule for the T20I series

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.