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.

India vs Australia ODI series is starting from 19th October, fans are very eager to see Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli playing in it. Earlier, Glenn Maxwell selected the all-time ODI playing 11 including players from India, Australia and England, although he did not include any England player in it. Maxwell had also not included Sachin Tendulkar in it, but when the twist came in the end, he included Tendulkar.

Glenn Maxwell chose Rohit Sharma and David Warner as the opening pair. He said, “Rohit’s records are very good, he has scored 3 double centuries. 32 centuries and average of 48. I would choose David Warner, 22 centuries, average of 45 and strike rate of 97.” Explaining the reason for keeping Warner above Sachin, he said, “I wanted a combination of right and left handed batsmen.”

In a conversation with Fox Sports, he had to make an all-time ODI XI by selecting 11 players from India, Australia and England. There was a rule in this that he could choose a maximum of 5 players from Australia, which he had forgotten. He selected Ricky Ponting, Michael Bevan, Shane Watson, Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee. When he came to know about the rule, he changed it. He said, I have to remove Davy (David Warner), Davy went and Sachin Tendulkar came.

Players from India and Australia selected

Glenn Maxwell had to select players from three countries (India, Australia and England), but the surprising thing was that he did not include any player from England. He selected 5 Australian and 6 Indian players. He selected Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Anil Kumble, Jasprit Bumrah in his playing 11.

Glenn Maxwell’s all-time ODI XI (India, Australia and England)

Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Ricky Ponting, Michael Bevan, MS Dhoni, Shane Watson, Anil Kumble, Jasprit Bumrah, Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee.

Virat Kohli is currently in Perth, where India vs Australia first ODI will be played. There are rumors that Kohli will take retirement from ODIs also after this series. Meanwhile, Kohli himself made a cryptic post on social media, which is fast going viral. Experts are linking it with World Cup 2027.

After reaching Perth, Virat Kohli made a post on ‘X’ (earlier Twitter) and wrote, ‘The only time you truly fail, is when you decide to give up.’ If we explain its meaning in Hindi, it is, ‘You really fail only when you decide to give up.’

The only time you truly fail, is when you decide to give up.

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) October 16, 2025

Meaning of this post of Virat Kohli

Earlier, Virat Kohli had shared a video of an advertisement, reposting which Virat wrote these things. Fans believe that Virat has set the tone for the 2027 World Cup. It is believed that through this post Kohli is trying to express his intentions that he still has a lot of cricket left in him. He wants to play more matches for India.

Let us tell you that the final of Champions Trophy 2025 was Virat Kohli’s last international match, after this he will be seen playing for the first time on October 19. After taking retirement from T20 last year, Virat also said goodbye to Test this year. Virat had scored a century against Pakistan in the group stage of the Champions Trophy, he played an important role in India’s victory by playing an innings of 84 runs in the semi-finals.

Gautam Gambhir gave this answer

Before leaving for Australia, Gautam Gambhir had said in Delhi on the question related to the future of Virat and Rohit, “We have to live in the present, hope that both of them will have a successful Australia tour. There is no doubt that both are great players, it has to be seen how their performance is on the Australia tour.”

The Indian cricket team has reached Australia for the ODI series, the first match will be played in Perth on 19 October. Earlier, a video of Australian players is going viral on social media, in which they are making fun of the decision of Indian players not to shake hands with Pakistani players. During Asia Cup 2025, Suryakumar Yadav and team had decided that they will play the match against Pakistan but will not shake hands with them, although this was only for Pakistan and Indian players also shook hands with the players of other teams and also met them.

This decision of Team India was related to the sentiments of the players, because they did not want to join hands with the players of the country whose players are spreading terrorism in India. This was also against the Pahalgam attack. But Australian players made fun of it and also shared its video. Let us tell you that India will play a total of 8 matches on the Australia tour. After 3 ODIs, a 5-match T20 series will be played.

Australian players made fun!

This video was shared from the social media page of Kayo Sports. In this, the anchor says, “We all know that India is heading towards victory, but we identified a big weakness. We know that they are not fans of the traditional meeting (gesturing to shake hands), so we can stop them like this in advance.” Australian players reacted to this and made a video.

AUS players pre-India clip mocks India no-handshake theater vs Pak. Why Aussie media & players laughing at stance sold as national pride? @BCCI @JayShah @GautamGambhir @narendramodi @ICC @MithunManhas @vikrantgupta73 @rawatrahul9 @mufaddal_vohra @PadmajaJoshi @ShivAroor pic.twitter.com/lSbuyhEcui

— Maham Fazal (@MahamFazal_) October 14, 2025

On this, a female cricketer even made a wrong gesture, which had to be blurred. Apart from this, cricketers like Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Alyssa Haley etc. were also seen in this video and suggested ways to greet Indian players.

India vs Australia ODI Squad

Team 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, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Mitchell Owen, Matt Renshaw, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc. Matthew Kuneman and Josh Philip.

Are Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli going to retire from ODI? This question has started arising after the latest report. Both veterans have captained the Indian team in all three formats, they now play only in ODI format. After the Test, now the reins of the ODI team are also seen going into the hands of the young players and Rohit-Kohli’s dream of playing till the 2027 ODI World Cup can be broken.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli said goodbye to this format together after winning the T20 World Cup 2024. Prior to the England tour, Rohit-Kohli also retired from the Test in a week interval. India’s next tournament is the Asia Cup, which will be played in T20 format in September. India’s next ODI is with Australia, which will be in October. According to media reports, this series can also prove to be the last ODI series of both of them.

Will Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retire from ODI after Australia tour?

The media report quoted BCCI sources as saying that if Rohit and Virat Kohli are to play even after the Australia tour, they may have to play in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. This trophy will start in late December.

Let us know that the two had played in the remaining Ranji Trophy matches in the beginning this year, as after a poor performance in the Test, the BCCI decided that players who were not playing international matches without any concrete reason cannot miss the domestic tournament. Rohit and Kohli did not perform well in this too, after which both of them also took retirement from Tests.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will not fit in 2027 ODI World Cup team

The report quoted the source as saying that these two veterans have given a lot to Indian cricket but now the line of young players is long and the selectors and team management are preparing keeping in mind the 2027 World Cup. In this report, team management sources were quoted as saying that Rohit and Kohli will not fit in our strategy for the upcoming ODI World Cup team.

Rohit Sharma’s ODI career

• Match- 273
• Run- 11168
• Most score- 264
• Century- 32
• Half-century 58
• Six- 344
• Fours- 1045
• Wickets- 9

Virat Kohli’s ODI career

• Match- 302
• Run- 14181
• Most score- 183
• Century- 51
• Half-century 74
• Six- 152
• Fours- 1325
• Wicket-5

The report quoted the source as saying that if Rohit Sharma wants, he can conclude his ODI career in Australia as a captain. Both also played their last match together in Tests and T20s. The two last played in the Champions Trophy final, which was won by India.

What will be the age of Rohit and Virat till 2027 World Cup?

The ICC ODI Cricket World Cup 2027 will be held between October and November in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Virat will turn 37 years old on November 5. He will be 39 years old till 2027 World Cup. Rohit Sharma celebrated his 38th birthday on April 30, he will be above 40 years by 2027.