IND vs AUS 1st ODI: Shubman Gill Joins Virat Kohli In Unwanted Captaincy List After India's Defeat In Perth

India vs Australia 1st ODI: Shubman Gill's first match as India's ODI captain didn't go as planned as the Men in Blue suffered a 7-wicket defeat against Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday. Australia outclassed the India team in all departments in the first ODI match to go 1-0 in the three-match series.

After being put into bat first, India managed to score 136 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 26 overs and then failed to defend the DLS-adjusted target of 131 runs. India’s defeat on Sunday entered Gill’s name in an unwanted list. He became only the second Indian, after Virat Kohli, to lose the first Test, ODI and T20I as captain.

Gill has now become India's captain in two formats and is the vice-captain of the team in the T20I format. However, he has captained the side in the shortest format of the game in the absence of the regular skipper. The star batter made his T20I captaincy debut against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on July 6, 2024, and India went down by 13 runs in that fixture. In Gill’s first Test as captain, India lost the first Test against England at Headingley in Leeds by five wickets.

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India’s result in Shubman Gill’s first match as captain (across formats)

T20I: Defeat against Zimbabwe by 13 runs in Harare (July 2024)

Test: Defeat against England by 5 wickets in Leeds (June 2025)

ODI: Defeat against Australia by 7 wickets in Perth (October 2025)

Talking about Kohli, the veteran batter made his ODI captaincy debut against Sri Lanka in Kingston on July 2, 2013, but suffered a defeat by 161 runs. On Kohli’s Test debut, India lost by 48 runs against Australia at Adelaide Oval in 2014. In his first T20I as captain, England hammered India by 7 wickets at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur in January 2017.

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India’s result in Virat Kohli’s first match as captain (across formats)

T20I: Defeat against Sri Lanka by 161 runs in Kingston (July 2013)

Test: Defeat against Australia by 48 runs in Adelaide(December 2014)

ODI: Defeat against England by 7 wickets in Kanpur (January 2017)

Notably, former opener Virender Sehwag was the first player to captain India in all formats and also won his first match as skipper in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. On the other hand, MS Dhoni won his first Test and T20I as India captain, but his first ODI ended in a draw.

Rohit Sharma also suffered defeat in his first ODI as India captain, but won the first Test and ODI.