After winning record ninth Asia Cup title on September 28 after beating Pakistan in Dubai, the Men in Blue will get together to resume international cricket assignments. While the Shubman Gill-led Indian side will first lock horns with West Indies in a two-match Test series at home, the side will then travel to Australia for a limited-over tour.
The Australia tour will consist of three ODIs as well as five T20Is, which will be played from October 19 till November 8. As the Indian team prepares for the T20 World Cup, set to be played next year, the limited-over tour will hope to bring back the excitement with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli returning in the side.
India’s ODI squad for Australia tour to be announced this week: Reports
With the series just a few days from commencement, reports have suggested that the Board
of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will be announcing the squad this week. However, a date hasn’t been revealed for the same, but sources close to SportsTiger have informed that it can come anytime this week.
Furthermore, reports also add that two veterans of the game in Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will return to competitive action. While the duo announced retirement from T20Is after India’s T20 World Cup triumph in Barbados last year, they put down curtains on their illustrious Test career in May 2025. While they were initially set to return in August, but with the Bangladesh white-ball series being pushed back to September 2026, they return was further delayed.
India's likely ODI squad for Australia tour:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami
