India A Team ODIs Captain Change: The test series is going on between the A teams of India and South Africa. After this, a three-match ODI series will also be played between the two teams. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced India’s A team for the ODI series. Before the announcement of the team, there was speculation about the name of the new captain. The captain of India’s ODI team is Shubman Gill. Shreyas Iyer was made the captain of India’s A team in the series against Australia, but now Tilak Verma has been given the command of the team against South Africa A.

BCCI changed ODI captain?

Tilak Verma has been made the captain of India’s A team for the ODI series against South Africa. Earlier, in the match against Australia, Shreyas Iyer was in command of India’s A team. But on the Australia tour, Iyer got injured during the third ODI match in Sydney, due to which he was admitted to Sydney hospital. Shreyas is out of danger, but is currently recovering from the injury. Iyer will be able to return to the team only after becoming completely fit.

Why didn’t Shubman Gill become the captain?

Shubman Gill has the command of India’s senior team in ODIs. Currently Gill is playing a five-match T20 series on Australia tour. After this, after returning to India, he will also play a Test series with the senior South African team, whose captain is Shubman Gill himself. In such a situation, Gill cannot play the ODI series against South Africa’s A team.

Indian squad for ODI series

Tilak Verma (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Riyan Parag, Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Vipraj Nigam, Arshdeep Singh, Manav Suthar, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Khalil Ahmed and Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper).

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Shubman Gill Runs In IND vs AUS ODI Series: The three-match ODI series between India and Australia has ended. Before this series, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made Shubman Gill the new captain of the Indian ODI team. At the same time, the ODI captaincy was snatched from Rohit Sharma. Team India has faced defeat by 2-1 in this series. Shubman Gill lost his first series as ODI captain. Even after Team India lost the series, Rohit Sharma was chosen ‘Player of the Series’ for his strong performance.

Captain Shubman Gill was a flop

Captain Shubman Gill can be considered the main reason for India’s defeat in the ODI series against Australia. Gill’s bat remained completely silent in these three matches. Shubman Gill comes to open for the team, Gill quickly lost his place in all three matches, the effect of which was also seen on the players who came later. Gill could not even score 50 runs in these three matches.

• In the first ODI played in Perth, Rohit Sharma was out after scoring 8 runs. Whereas captain Shubhman Gill scored only 10 runs in 18 balls. In this match, 3 wickets including Gill-Rohit and Virat Kohli fell within 9 overs.
• India had a target of 266 runs in the second ODI, but captain Gill returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs in this match.
• In the third ODI, Shubman Gill was looking in better form, but with the help of 2 fours and a six, Gill could only score 24 runs in 26 balls.

Captain Shubhman Gill scored only 43 runs in three matches. The team expected from Gill a performance like the Test series played against England. Shubman Gill was given the command of the Indian Test team against England, when Gill became the highest run scorer in that five-match Test series. Gill had scored 754 runs in 5 test matches.

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Suryakumar Yadav Threatened Lost Captaincy: Many big changes have been seen in the Indian cricket team in the last one year. After Rohit Sharma’s retirement from Test cricket, Shubman Gill was given the command of the Test team on the England tour. Even before the ODI series against Australia, Gill has been made the captain of ODI. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the selectors are expressing a lot of confidence in Shubman Gill. Suryakumar Yadav is in command of Team India in T20 International, but despite this, Suryakumar is afraid of losing the captaincy.

Who is Suryakumar Yadav afraid of?

India has recently won the T20 Asia Cup under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. At the same time, the Indian team is also on top in the ICC T20 International Rankings. But even after this, Suryakumar feels that if he makes even one mistake, the captaincy can slip from his hands and go to Shubman Gill. Suryakumar Yadav himself has revealed about this fear.

While talking to Indian Express, Suryakumar Yadav said about Shubman Gill that ‘I am very happy that he is the captain of two formats. He is really doing very well. But I won’t lie, everyone has this fear. But it is this kind of fear that motivates you to do better.

Bonding between Suryakumar and Gill

Regarding his bonding with Shubhman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav said, ‘There is a good coordination between us both inside and outside the field. I know what kind of player and person he is. But this is what motivates me and I am very happy for that. Shubman Gill is captaining the three-match ODI series on Australia tour. Suryakumar Yadav will be seen captaining in the T20 series against Australia.

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Shubman Gill First Press Conference as ODI Captain: Along with becoming the captain of India’s Test team, Shubman Gill has also been made the captain of ODI team. Team India has been announced for ODI and T20 against Australia. Along with this, the captaincy of ODI has been handed over to Shubman Gill in place of Rohit Sharma. After becoming the ODI captain, Shubman Gill came to hold a press conference for the first time. The Indian team is currently playing a two-match Test series with the West Indies, the second match of which will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi from October 10.

Gill already knew about captaincy

As soon as he became the ODI captain of the Indian cricket team, Shubman Gill has prepared a blueprint for his captaincy career. Gill said in the press conference on becoming the ODI captain, ‘The news of making me captain came during the Test match, but I had come to know about it some time back. This is really a big responsibility and a matter of honor for everyone. I am very excited to lead my country in this format.

Shubman Gill prepared ‘blueprint’

Shubhman Gill further said that ‘the last few months have been very exciting for me. But now I am looking ahead. Now I am looking forward to the future. I try to live in the present as much as I can. I don’t want to look at what I have achieved before or what our team has achieved together. Now we are looking ahead and we want to win whatever matches we have in the coming months.

Want to win everything that we have in the upcoming months: Shubman Gill

Captain Shubman Gill speaks about his aspirations after being appointed as the #TeamIndia ODI skipper #INDvWI , @IDFCFIRSTBank , @ShubmanGill pic.twitter.com/htiVcwXHNd

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 9, 2025

India vs West Indies, 2nd Test

The second Test between India and West Indies will start at 9:30 am on October 10. This match will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Team India is leading 1-0 in the series of these two test matches. Now the Indian team would like to make a clean sweep by winning the second test match also.

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