Overview
- Ajit Agarkar’s selection panel in Ahmedabad confirmed Gill’s elevation and named Shreyas Iyer vice-captain, with Agarkar saying he communicated the switch to Rohit Sharma.
- Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli rejoin the ODI setup for their first internationals since the Champions Trophy, with three ODIs set for October 19, 23 and 25 in Perth, Adelaide and Sydney.
- Jasprit Bumrah has been rested for the ODIs as a workload call but is included for the five T20Is, which Suryakumar Yadav will captain with Gill as vice-captain.
- Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya were not selected due to injury, Ravindra Jadeja missed out, and Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Prasidh Krishna and Yashasvi Jaiswal were included.
- India’s ODI squad features KL Rahul as first-choice wicketkeeper and a pace group of Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana and Prasidh Krishna, with Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar among the spin options.