Shubman Gill replaces Rohit Sharma as India’s ODI cricket captain

Test skipper Gill takes implicit the 50-over enactment relation up of the ODI bid against Australia.

Rohit Sharma has been replaced by Shubman Gill arsenic India’s one-day planetary (ODI) men’s captain, says the country’s cricket board.

Rohit was India’s all-format skipper until June 2024 and has been included successful India’s 15-man squad for the ODI bid against Australia, on with prima batter Virat Kohli, the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI) said successful a connection connected Saturday.

Gill, who took implicit arsenic the Test skipper aft Rohit’s status from the format successful May, volition instrumentality implicit the relation up of the ODI bid distant successful Australia starting connected October 19.

Rohit has led India successful the ODI format astatine the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 successful February and March, erstwhile his squad won the rubric successful the last against New Zealand successful Dubai.

The 38-year-old besides led India to their 2nd ICC Men’s T20 World Cup rubric successful 2024 successful Barbados, pursuing which helium announced his status from the 20-over format on with Kohli.

The stalwarts of Indian cricket person besides hung up their boots successful the longest signifier of the crippled pursuing the 2024-25 Test circuit of Australia.

Kohli, who turns 37 successful November, has besides retired from Test cricket.

Suryakumar Yadav replaced Rohit arsenic the T20 planetary skipper successful July and led India’s triumphant tally astatine the T20 Asia Cup 2025.

There were nary surprises successful India’s squad for the five-match T20I bid against Australia.

🚨 India’s squad for Tour of Australia announced

Shubman Gill named #TeamIndia Captain for ODIs

The #AUSvIND bilateral bid comprises 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is against Australia successful October-November pic.twitter.com/l3I2LA1dBJ

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 4, 2025