PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia has won the toss and chosen to bowl Sunday in the first one-day international (ODI) cricket match against India at Perth.
A strong-looking Indian team is led by Shubman Gill, India’s new ODI skipper who has replaced Rohit Sharma as the team casts an eye forward to the 2027 Cricket World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. Gill is now the captain for both Test and ODI formats. Rohit Sharma returns as a batter and, along with Virat Kohli, is back in the Indian fold for the first time since the Champions Trophy victory in March. The star duo had earlier retired from Tests ahead of India’s tour to England.
For Australia, Mitchell Starc is back after being rested for recent series. The Australians are preparing for a big summer that includes three ODIs and five Twenty20 internationals against India, followed by the Ashes Test series against England. Mitch Marsh will skipper the hosts and open the batting later Sunday on his home pitch alongside Travis Head.
Matt Renshaw and wicketkeeper-batter Josh Philippe have been called up, along with Mitch Owen and Cooper Connolly, forming a new-look middle order for Australia.
India’s eight-game tour of Australia will see them play ODIs in Perth, Adelaide (Oct. 23), and Sydney (Oct. 25), followed by five Twenty20 matches in Canberra (Oct. 29), Melbourne (Oct. 31), Hobart (Nov. 2), Gold Coast (Nov. 6), and Brisbane (Nov. 8).
**Team Line-ups**
*Australia:*
Travis Head, Mitch Marsh (captain), Matt Short, Josh Philippe, Matt Renshaw, Mitch Owen, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Matt Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood.
*India:*
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.
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