- India’s 15-member team (Team India) has been revealed for the three-match ODI series to be played between India and Australia. Rohit Sharma has been dropped from this series, while Kohli and Jadeja have been retained in the team.
Team India: India is currently participating in the Champions Trophy 2025 under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Under Rohit, India has entered the semi-finals by defeating Pakistan and Bangladesh, but on March 2, their match will be played against New Zealand in Dubai. India would like to win this match and finish on top of the points table. At the same time, a series of 3 ODI matches is to be played between India and Australia this year, for which India’s 15-member team (Team India) has been revealed. India’s main selection committee has dropped captain Rohit Sharma from this series.
Captain Rohit Sharma is out!
India captain Rohit Sharma may be dropped from the three-match ODI series against Australia as there are speculations that Rohit may announce his retirement after the Champions Trophy 2025. Earlier, after losing the Test series to New Zealand and Australia, a review meeting was held in Mumbai on January 11, in which many top BCCI officials were present. There were reports that the officials had asked Rohit clear questions about his future, to which Rohit said that he would resign from the captaincy after 2 to 3 months. After this, there are speculations that Rohit will say goodbye not only to India’s captaincy but also to international cricket after the Champions Trophy.
This player takes command!
After the retirement of captain Rohit Sharma, India’s chief selector Ajit Agarkar can make Shubman Gill the captain for the ODI series to be played against Australia. Gill is the vice-captain of India in the ODI format, after which he is seen as the next captain of India in this format. Gill is considered certain to become the captain in this ODI series to be played in October-November 2025. Apart from Gill, former Indian captain Virat Kohli and star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja can be seen representing the team (Team India) in this ODI series. Kohli recently scored an unbeaten century against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy 2025. At the same time, Jadeja is also in great form.
Jaiswal will start the innings!
After Rohit Sharma’s exit, young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal can be seen opening the innings for Team India in this series. This dashing batsman has performed very well in Test cricket for India, due to which he was also included in the three-match ODI series against England and got a chance to debut in the first ODI. However, he could score only 15 runs in the debut match, but after Rohit’s retirement, Yashasvi is being seen as the next ODI opener of India, due to which he can not only be included in this ODI series but can also be given the responsibility of opening the innings.
India’s probable 15-member team
Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper) and Varun Chakraborty.
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