Australia Squad for India Series: Marsh will lead the team in Cummins’ absence

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently announced the Indian squad for the Australia tour, which will begin on October 19. Following this, the Australian Board also announced the Australia squad for India series on Tuesday. Mitchell Marsh will be captaining Australia in this series due to regular captain Pat Cummins not being fully fit. This time around, some players returned to the Australian team, while others were dropped due to poor form. Matches between Australia and India have always been a treat to watch. Besides that, this series is also interesting because Indian star players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will take the field to play ODI cricket. They added for the first time after winning the Champions Trophy 2025 against New Zealand in March this year.

Starc returns to ODI, Carey dropped from T20 squad 

Mitchell Marsh will captain the ODI team in the absence of Pat Cummins, who is recovering from lumbar bone stress in preparation for the Ashes. Apart from this, Starc is one of the four players included in the team for the series. Matthew Renshaw, Matt Short and Mitch Owen are the other three players called up for Australia. They are looking to bounce back after a 2-1 series loss against South Africa in August.

Also, they announced the squads for the first two of the five T20Is, which begin on October 29. Alex Carey was left out of the T20 squad. While white-ball wicketkeeper Josh Inglis joined the team after recovering from a calf injury. Nathan Ellis also returned to the squad after the birth of his first child.

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Rohit-Virat have been named in the Indian Squad for the ODI

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the squad for the three-match One-Day International series against Australia on Saturday. Shubman Gill has replaced Rohit Sharma as the captain of the ODI team, while Shreyas Iyer has been appointed vice-captain. Both Rohit and Virat Kohli, who retired from Test cricket earlier this year, have been included in the squad.

In the absence of Rishabh Pant due to injury, Dhruv Jurel has been included in the ODI squad for the first time. He will be the backup wicketkeeper to KL Rahul.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah have been rested for the ODIs. Mohammed Siraj returns, having been left out of the ICC Champions Trophy earlier this year. Siraj will lead the pace bowling department, which includes Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna and Harshit Rana. 

Axar Patel, Washington Sundar and Nitish Kumar Reddy were picked as all-round options, while veteran Ravindra Jadeja was ignored.

Australia Squad for India Series 

ODI 

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

T20 (First two games)

Mitchell Marsh (C), Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Short, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Matthew Kuhnemann, Sean Abbott

India’s squad for the Australia Series

ODI

Shubman 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 (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal.

T20I

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.