India Odi Squad for Australia Tour announced, Rohit Sharma dismissed, Shubman Gill appointed new captain
In a massive development, the Cricket Control Council in India (BCCI) dismissed Rohit Sharma as a skipper ODI of the Indian Cricket National Cricket team before the next tour in Australia.
The selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar has decided to appoint the skipper of Test Shubman Gill as a new Captain Odi of the team, replacing Rohit Sharma at the helm.
The era of the captain of Rohit Sharma ends
The India national cricket team is ready to visit Australia for an ODI series of three games and a T20I series of five games in October-November 2025. Perth Stadium will host the ODI series on October 19, and the next two games should be played on October 23 and 25 in Adelaide and Sydney.
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Rohit Sharma, alongside Virat Kohli, was appointed to the team, but the first was stripped of the captain despite India’s conduit to two consecutive glories in the ICC T20 2024 World Cup and the ICC 2025 champions trophy.
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Shubman Gill, the new poster for Indian cricket, will lead the ODI team while they are preparing for the Men’s Men’s Cricket World Cup ICC 2027. He recently attended the selection meeting.
Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer is back in the role of leadership, after being appointed the new vice-captain Odi after his success in the Indian Premier (IPL).
Apart from that, Jadeja Ravi will have not been appointed to the ODI team, Mohammed Shami also missed the selection, while Jasprit Bumrah was rested. In addition, Hhelik Pandya and Rishabh Pant were excluded and replaced by Nitish Kumar Reddy and Dhruv Jurel.
The ODI team of India for the tour in Australia:
Squad: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (VC), Axar Patel, Kl Ramul (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Suundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harashit Rana, Harashait Rana, Haras Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Ajit Agarkar opens with the difficult decision to dismiss Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma was as successful as the captain of India as he can be placed in the “goat” category. In ODI multi-noble tournaments, he capitalized India in 27 games and won 24. He led India to the ODI 2023 World Cup final and won the 2018 Asian Cup, the Asian 2023 Cup and the ICC 2025 champions trophy.
Speaking of the decision to withdraw him from the leadership despite his immense success, Ajit Agarkar said that it was a very difficult decision for them. He clearly indicated that Rohit, even if he had not won the ICC Champions Trophy, was difficult due to his contributions to the team over the years.
“Even if he had not won the Champions Trophy, it would have been a difficult decision because of the quality of India. But you sometimes have to look at what is happening,” said Agarkar, speaking to the media.
“Where you are a team and possibly look at what is in the best interest of the team. Whether it’s now or maybe six months later. These are the calls I assume you have to make,” added Agarkar.
