Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli return as India announce ODI squad for Australia tour

Shubman Gill replaced Rohit as the new captain of the one-day international side.

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.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨

Rohit Sharma has not been invited to the ODI selection meeting, as per sources. 😳

A new captain for India’s ODI team is Shubman Gill. 😡

Highest Win % as a Captain in INTL
(min 100 matches)

72.5 - 𝗥𝗼𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮*
67.9 - Ricky Ponting
67.8 - Asghar Afghan
66.3 - Steve Waugh
66.0 - Hansie Cronje
63.4 - Virat Kohli

Highest Win % as a Captain in ICC
(Min 20 matches)

87.1 - 𝗥𝗼𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮*
78.4 - Ricky Ponting
75.0 - Aaron Finch
72.7 - Sourav Ganguly
70.7 - MS Dhoni
67.9 - M Jayawardene

Highest Win % as a Captain in ODI
(min 50 matches)

77.71 - Clive Lloyd
77.27 - 𝗥𝗼𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮*
76.14 - Ricky Ponting
73.70 - Hansie Cronje
70.43 - Virat Kohli
70.42 - Michael Clarke

Thank You Captain Rohit Sharma ❤️🫡

Abhishek Nayar said - "When Rohit Sharma was preparing and had practice sessions with me a few days ago, Rohit was looking the 2027 World Cup and really wanted to win it and make India feel proud". (Star Sports).

Australia has announced its squads for the upcoming 3 ODIs and first 2 T20Is versus India.

ODI squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Owen, Matthew Renshaw, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa

Ins: Mitchell Owen, Matthew Renshaw, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc.

Outs: Aaron Hardie, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne

T20I squad (first two games): Mitchell Marsh (c), Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Owen, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa

Ins: Nathan Ellis, Josh Inglis.

Outs: Alex Carey, Josh Philippe

Mitchell Starc is back in the ODI setup — his first international white-ball appearance of the season.

Matthew Renshaw (yet to debut in ODIs) earns a recall thanks to strong domestic form and performances for Australia A.

In the T20 squad, Josh Inglis returns, Nathan Ellis is back after paternity leave, while Alex Carey is omitted.

Meanwhile, Glenn Maxwell remains unavailable for T20s after wrist surgery.

The series is seen as part of Australia’s white-ball rebuild, especially after recent retirements of Steve Smith, Maxwell, and Marcus Stoinis.

Pat Cummins remains unavailable — Mitchell Marsh will lead the ODI side in his absence.

Australia also omitted Marnus Labuschagne from the ODI squad after a poor showing in the South Africa series.

Rohit Sharma’s six lands on his own Lamborghini.