New Delhi: Rohit Sharma has been stripped of the captaincy of India’s One-Day International (ODI) team ahead of the upcoming Australia tour. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has named Shubman Gill as the new ODI captain.
Gill, who is already leading the Indian Test team, will now take charge in the 50-over format as well. Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been included in the ODI squad for the three-match series but will play under Gill’s leadership. The duo last featured in an ODI during the Champions Trophy final against New Zealand on March 9 this year.
Team India’s tour of Australia will comprise three ODIs followed by a five-match T20 series. The ODI matches will be played in Perth (October 19), Adelaide (October 23), and Sydney (October 25). Suryakumar Yadav will lead the T20 side.
ODI squad: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicket-keeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (wicket-keeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal.
T20I squad: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicket-keeper), Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar.
