India National Cricket Team vs Australia National Cricket Team Match: The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced the squads for the upcoming tour of Australia on Saturday. The tour will include a three-match One-Day International series and a five-match T20I series. Shubman Gill will lead India in the ODIs, replacing Rohit Sharma as captain. Shreyas Iyer has been named vice-captain. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who retired from Test cricket earlier this year, are included in the squad.
Injured Rishabh Pant will miss the series. Dhruv Jurel received his first ODI call-up and will act as backup wicketkeeper to KL Rahul. All-rounder Hardik Pandya and pacer Jasprit Bumrah have been rested. Mohammed Siraj returns after being dropped for the ICC Champions Trophy. He will lead the pace attack along with Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna and Harshit Rana.
Axar Patel, Washington Sundar and Nitish Kumar Reddy were selected as all-round options. Veteran Ravindra Jadeja was not picked. Kuldeep Yadav is the only specialist spinner. Varun Chakaravarthy missed out due to seam-friendly conditions in Australia.
The ODI series begins in Perth on October 19. Adelaide will host the second match on October 23. The final match will be played in Sydney on October 25.
India ODI Squad for AustraliaShubman Gill (c), 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, Yashasvi Jaiswal
For the T20Is, Suryakumar Yadav will captain the team. Shubman Gill has been named vice-captain. Hardik Pandya, who missed the Asia Cup final due to a quadricep injury, has been rested. Nitish Kumar Reddy replaces him in the squad.
Chief selector Ajit Agarkar said Pandya will undergo rehabilitation at the Centre of Excellence. His fitness for the series will be assessed after rehab.
The T20I series begins on October 29 and ends on November 8.
India T20I Squad for AustraliaSuryakumar 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