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India's tour of Australia: All eyes were on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as the Indian cricket team departed for Australia on Wednesday. India will be in action in a three-match ODI series, starting from October 19, which will be followed by five T20I matches.

While Kohli arrived in Delhi from London recently, where he's been staying alongside his family, Rohit landed in the national capital from Mumbai. Some of the other members of the squad were already in the national capital, having been part of the Indian team that defeated the West Indies in the second Test to complete a 2-0 whitewash.

The likes of Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Prasidh Krishna and Shubman Gill were also spotted at the IGI Airport.

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Shubman Gill will be leading the Indian team in the ODI series, having replaced Rohit Sharma as the Men in Blue's new skipper in the format. This series win over the West Indies was Gill's first as India's Test captain. On the other hand, Rohit and Kohli will only feature in the ODIs, having retired from the other two formats. It will also be the first time that the duo will play a competitive match since the IPL 2025. The final of the 2025 Champions Trophy in March this year was their last appearance for India.

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Rohit and Virat have left for Australia with massive speculations hovering around regarding their ODI future. There is still no clarity whether the veteran duo will be available for the ODI World Cup 2027, and the head coach Gautam Gambhir also refused to comment on whether the two batting superstars are in his plans for the marquee 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," Gambhir told reporters on Tuesday. "That is very important. Obviously, they are quality players; they are coming back, and 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."

India's ODI Squad for Australia tour: 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