India will face Australia The first match of a three-match ODI series. This article provides details about the first match of the series, India’s Playing XI vs Australia.
India Playing XI vs Australia – 1st ODI, India Tour of Australia 2025:
Opener: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma
India will begin a new era in ODI cricket under the leadership of Shubman Gill with the ODI series against Australia in Perth.
The Men in Blue will be hoping to win this game and take the lead early in the three-game series.
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The Indian team has a good mix of youth and experience and, more importantly, they last played ODI cricket in March this year, winning a multinational tournament, and will be looking to regain momentum.
Shunman Gill and Rohit Sharma will start for India and both players will be looking to get the team off to a good start.
Both Shubman and Rohit will be looking to get some points under their belts to set the foundation and gain confidence for the upcoming matches.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (week), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar
The visiting team has a top-five lineup in terms of batting, with former captain Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer, who has been newly appointed the team’s vice-captain, forming the core of the team’s batting.
As far as ODI cricket is concerned, the onus will be placed on the top five batsmen to perform well and score the majority of the team’s runs considering the amount of experience they have.
Another reason why the team management expects players like Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to bat is that they have experience in lower-tier teams.
Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sunday, who are playing as fast and spin bowling all-rounders in place of Hardik Pandya and Ravibudra Jadeja respectively, do not have much experience of playing limited overs cricket for Australia.
Irrespective of that, the duo is hoping to put up a strong performance with both bat and ball in the upcoming matches.
Bowlers: Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj
The bowling department has a good mix of youth and experience, with the likes of Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Nitish Kumar Reddy at the helm, along with Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav.
Mohammed Sitaj will receive the new ball from one end, while Arshdeep Singh is expected to start things from the other end.
Harshit Rana has also found a spot in the team and is likely to be included in the playing eleven as well as being able to bowl at 140km/h and attacking the Australian batsmen with that pace.
As for the spin bowling of the team, Kuldeep Yadav and off-spinner Washington Sundar will be in charge and Jadeja will not be a part of the team.