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New Delhi: Team India star batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have left for the Australia tour along with the other members of the squad on Wednesday, October 15. The Indian team will play eight white-ball matches against the Aussies, including three ODIs and five T20Is.
Kohli arrived in Delhi from London recently, where he’s been staying alongside his family, while Rohit landed in the national capital from Mumbai.
A majority of the members from the touring squad were already in Delhi, including newly appointed ODI captain Shubman Gill, as the Men in Blue have played the second Test against West Indies in the national capital.
Rohit and Kohli will only feature in the ODIs after announcing their retirement from the other two formats. The three-match series against Australia will be their first appearance for Team India since winning the 2025 Champions Trophy in March this year.
India's ODI squad for Australia series: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (VC), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal.
There are increasing speculations about the ODI future of the senior pair, with Rohit set to be 40 and Kohli 38 by the time of the 2027 ODI World Cup. India head coach Gautam Gambhir also refused to commit that the two batting superstars are in his plans for the mega tournament.
"Look, 50-over World Cup is still two-and-a-half years away, and I think it is very important to stay in the present. That is very important. Obviously, they are quality players, they are coming back, their experience is going to be a handful in Australia as well. Hopefully, those two guys will have a successful tour, and more importantly, as a team, we will have a successful series," Gambhir told reporters on Tuesday.
The Men in Blue will take on Australia in the opening ODI at the Optus Stadium in Perth on October 19.
