By Admin 
Australia has suffered a big blow, just 2 days before the start of the ODI series against India, all-rounder Cameron Green has been ruled out of the entire series due to injury. In his place, Marnus Labuschagne has been included in the squad for the ODI series.
Cameron Green out due to injury
Cameron Green has been ruled out of the ODI series against India due to muscle stiffness. The main reason for this is that the Australian selectors do not want to take any risk before the famous Ashes series starting next month. Cricket Australia said in a statement, “Cameron Green will complete some rehabilitation. After this he will try to play in the third round of Sheffield Shield in preparation for the Ashes series.”
Marnus Labuschagne got the place
Marnus Labuschagne has been included in the ODI squad in place of Cameron Green, who scored 159 runs in the Sheffield Shield match for Queensland on Thursday. This was Labuschagne’s fourth century in the domestic season.
31-year-old Labuschagne has played 66 international ODI matches, in which he has scored 1871 runs at an average of 34.64 and strike rate of 83.56. He has played 15 ODI matches against India, in which he has scored 474 runs in 13 innings. This includes 4 half-century innings. Labuschagne played an important inning of 58 runs in the final of the 2023 World Cup against India.
India vs Australia ODI series squad
India: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Mitchell Owen, Matt Renshaw, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc. Matthew Kuneman and Josh Philip.
India vs Australia ODI series schedule
- 1st ODI- 19 October (Perth)
- Second ODI- 23 October (Adelaide)
- Third ODI- 25 October (Sydney)
All three matches of India vs Australia ODI series will start at 9 am Indian time. The toss will take place at 8:30.