Published On 4 Oct 2025
According to the Indian cricket board, Rohit Sharma will succeed Shubman Gill as their one-day international (ODI) men’s captain.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) released a statement on Saturday, stating that Rohit was India’s all-format captain up until June 2024. Along with Virat Kohli, Rohit is one of the country’s 15-man squad for the ODI series against Australia.
Gill will succeed Rohit in becoming the Test captain as soon as the ODI series in Australia takes place on October 19th, the format taking over.
When his team won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 title against New Zealand in Dubai in the final, Rohit led India in the ODI format.
The 38-year-old also helped India win the second ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Barbados in 2024, and he and Kohli announced that they were retiring from the 20-over format.
Following the 2024-25 Test tour of Australia, the legends of Indian cricket have also hung up their boots in the longest game.
Kohli, who turns 37 in November, has also stopped playing in the Tests.
In July, Suryakumar Yadav led India’s triumphant T20 Asia Cup 2025 run, replacing Rohit with Suryakumar Yadav as the T20 international captain.
India’s T20I series included five matches against Australia, and there were no surprises in the lineup.
India’s Tour of Australia squad has been announced.
#TeamIndia named #TeamIndia as its #TeamIndia Captain for ODIs, according to Shubman Gill.
In the October-November photo of the #AUSvIND bilateral series, Australia will play three ODIs and five T20Is. twitter.com/l3I2LA1dBJ
Source: Aljazeera
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