India will play a series of 3 ODI and 5 T20 matches on Australia tour. It will start with the ODI series, the first match of which will be played in Perth on 19 October. Everyone is eagerly waiting for this series to see Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. On Wednesday morning, all the players including Kohli-Rohit have left for Australia from Delhi.

Virat Kohli had come to Delhi from London on Tuesday afternoon, while Rohit Sharma had reached Delhi on Wednesday evening after practicing in Mumbai for the last few days. Many players including head coach Gautam Gambhir were already in Delhi. The second Test against West Indies in Delhi ended on Tuesday itself.

The team left for Australia in this style

Confidence was clearly visible on Virat Kohli’s face, while Virat Kohli went inside the airport before captain Shubman Gill. Let us tell you that before this series, Rohit Sharma was removed from the captaincy of ODI and Shubman Gill was appointed as the new captain.

India’s cricket stars Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are back for the Australian white-ball tour, with Shubman Gill now leading the ODI side. This marks a significant leadership transition as the team gears up for future tournaments. pic.twitter.com/2m1mvG5Fko

— Ashvin Mishra Bharat (@ashvinmisra) October 15, 2025

India’s ODI squad against Australia

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.

IND vs AUS ODI series schedule

• 19 October- 1st ODI (Optus Stadium)
• 23 October- 2nd ODI (Adelaide Oval)
• 25 October- 3rd ODI (Sydney Cricket Ground)

All three ODI matches to be held on Australia tour will start at 9 am Indian time. The toss will take place at 8:30 am. After this series, there will be a 5-match T20 series between India vs Australia, in which Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will not be there as both have retired from the T20 format.

The Indian cricket team will play a series of 3 ODIs and 5 T20 matches on Australia tour. After a long time, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will be seen playing international cricket. Cricket Australia has also announced its team. Both Mitchell Marsh have been elected captain in both formats. Fast bowler Mitchell Starc has returned, who retired from T20 format a few days ago.

The return of Mitchell Starc will strengthen Australian bowling, which will miss Pat Cummins experience. Mitchell Marsh has also been elected captain of ODIs. Fans of India vs Australia ODI series are eagerly waiting because Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will also play in it. According to the report, when some tickets for ODI were available a long time ago, they were all sold immediately.

Aaron Hardy, Matthew Kuhneman and Marnas Labushen have been dropped from the ODI team. With ODIs, Australia has announced a team of 14 players for the first two T20 matches against India. In this, Nathan Ellis and Josh Englandis have also been included in the team.

Australia’s squad for ODI series

Mich Marsh (Captain), Xavier Bartlet, Alex Carrie, Cooper Conoli, Ben Dwarashuis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazelwood, Travis Head, Josh English, Mitchell Owen, Matthew Renshaw, Matt Short, Mitchell Starc, Adam Jampa.

• First ODI: October 19 (Perth)
• Second ODI: 23 October (Adelaide)
• Third ODI: 25 October (Sydney)

Australia’s squad for the first 2 T20 matches

Mich Marsh (captain), Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlet, Tim David, Ben Dvarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh English, Matthew Kuhneman, Mitchell Owen, Mat Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa

• First T20: October 29 (Canberra)
• Second T20: 31 October (Melbourne)
• Third T20: 2 November (Hobart)
• Fourth T20: 6 November (Queensland)
• Fifth T20: 8 November (Brisbane)

Introducing our Australian Men’s Squads for the ODI & T20i Series Against India pic.twitter.com/6psgjzul01

– Cricket Australia (@cricketaus) October 7, 2025

India’s ODI and T20 team on Australia tour

ODI: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (Vice-Qetan), Akshar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammad Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, famous Krishna, Dhruv Juril (wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jayaswal.

T20: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-Qetan), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Varun Chakraborty, Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Vaashington.

Australia A team is on Indian tour these days. There is news coming from Kanpur that 4 players including four Australian captain have fallen ill. It is being told that he has had an infection in the stomach. The Food Department had collected some samples of the hotel food for investigation. On receiving the investigation report, it was found that no objectionable or wrong thing was found in the food. Let us tell you that the third and final match of India A vs Australia a unofficial ODI series is being played in Kanpur today. So far, both teams are on par with each team in the series.

When Australian players fell ill, BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla said, “If there was some problem with food, all Indian and Australian players would have worsened. Landmark, one of the best hotels here. Everyone comes to eat food here.”

The manager of Australia A team had told that the players of his team suddenly started complaining of stomach ache. As soon as the quality of food was questioned, the medical team became active. At the same time, the players were admitted to the hospital. It was being told that Australian captain Jack Edwards is also ill, but the good thing is that he is playing the third ODI match.

After investigation, there was no decrease in the quality of food. On the other hand, the Hotel Management said that the reason for the deteriorating health of the players can be a change in the weather.

Looking at the ODI series, the first ODI Team India won by a huge margin of 171 runs. In the second ODI, Australia made a comeback and won by 9 wickets. Now the third and decisive match of both teams is being played in Kanpur.

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