The axe is about to fall on KL Rahul, and the selection committee led by Shiv Sundar Das has made the first major change. In Tests, KL Rahul has been demoted to vice-captaincy. KL Rahul, on the other hand, has kept his place in the Test squad. However, he is unlikely to be selected for the Border Gavaskar Trophy’s third Test in Indore. Sarfaraz Khan has been ruled ineligible for Tests yet again. In ODIs, Rohit will be unavailable from 1st ODI and Hardik Pandya will lead the side.
India’s Test squad for last 2 Tests: Rohit Sharma (Captain), K L Rahul, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.
India’s ODI squad against Australia: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, K L Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (Vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Jaydev Unadkat.
Note: Due to family obligations, Mr. Rohit Sharma will be unable to play in the first ODI. Instead, Mr. Hardik Pandya will captain the team.
