Overview
- The BCCI confirmed Gill as ODI captain and Shreyas Iyer as vice-captain for three matches in Australia, with the announcement made by chief selector Ajit Agarkar in Ahmedabad.
- Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were picked in the ODI squad as players after retiring from Tests and T20Is, as Agarkar noted they are non-committal on featuring at the 2027 World Cup.
- Jasprit Bumrah was rested for the ODI leg to manage workload, and Suryakumar Yadav will captain the T20I side for the five-match series that follows.
- The ODIs are scheduled for October 19 in Perth, October 23 in Adelaide, and October 25 in Sydney.
- Compared with the Champions Trophy squad, Ravindra Jadeja and Varun Chakravarthy miss out, Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant remain unavailable, and inclusions include Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel, and Yashasvi Jaiswal.