By Admin 
These days, the Indian cricket team has left for Australia tour, but the scene seen at the airport before the departure of the team surprised everyone. When Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill came face to face for the first time after the change of captaincy, that moment between the two was captured on camera and is going viral on social media.
When Rohit and Gill came face to face
BCCI has shared a video on its official X handle, in which the players of the Indian team are seen leaving for the airport from the hotel. As soon as Shubman Gill’s eyes fell on Rohit Sharma in the hotel lobby, he immediately went and hugged him. There was a smiling conversation between the two.
Rohit jokingly asked Gill, “And brother, how are you?” To which Gill responded equally warmly. After this short moment both the teams went towards the bus.
Rohit stepped down from captaincy, Gill got the responsibility
BCCI has recently handed over the command of the ODI team to Shubman Gill. Rohit Sharma, who has led many memorable victories, will now remain in the team as a player. There were definitely discussions among the cricket fans after this decision, but this scene seen at the airport made it clear that the atmosphere of the team is very positive.
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Of familiar faces and special reunions as #TeamIndia depart for the Australia challenge#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/ElV3OtV3Lj
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 15, 2025
Big test on Australia tour
The Indian team will play three ODI matches in Australia. The series will start from 19th October. This series is being considered as the first big test for Gill as captain. He has a golden opportunity to give new energy to the team and prove himself for future captaincy.
The first batch of the Indian team left for Perth from New Delhi at 9 am on Wednesday. This group included players like Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel and Mohammad Siraj.
Whereas, the second batch which includes head coach Gautam Gambhir and other players, took off on the night of 15 October.
India’s squad (ODI series vs Australia)
Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper) and Yashasvi Jaiswal.