India Squad Announcement For Australia Tour Live Updates: Shubman Gill has been named Team India’s new ODI captain, taking over from Rohit Sharma. Shreyas Iyer will be serving as his deputy in the upcoming ODI series against Australia. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are all set to make their return to the national side. Jasprit Bumrah has been rested for the ODI series while Yashasvi Jaiswal made a comeback. Coming to the T20I series, Suryakumar Yadav has been named captain with Gill remaining the vice-captain. Nitish Kumar Reddy has been named in the T20I squad with the injured Hardik Pandya missing out.
The decision means that Rohit will no longer be in any leadership role and according to media reports, the selection of Rohit as well as Virat will be done completely based on merit in the future. While questions do arise about what this decision means for his future with respect to the ODI World Cup 2027, BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar has not provided any concrete update on the topic.