India vs Australia: India Announce Squad, KL Rahul to lead as Ashwin makes a return

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BCCI has announced the India squad for the upcoming ODIs against Australia on Monday (September 18).

KL Rahul has been chosen to lead the team for the first two ODIs, while Ravichandran Ashwin makes a return to the squad for the ODIs. The likes of Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya have been left out for the first two matches, but the Indian captain will be back for the final ODI of the three-match series.

India play Australia in the three-match ODI series as their final preparation ahead of the World Cup. The first match starts on Friday (Sept 22) in Mohali, followed by matches in Indore (Sept 24) and Rajkot (Sept 27) respectively.

Virat Kohli, Kuldeep Yadav are also among the players who won't take part in the first two ODIs.

This series also embarks the start of IDFC Bank as the title sponsor of all of team India's home matches.

India Squad vs Australia

Take a look at the India squad for the Australia ODIs-

India Squad for first two ODIs:

KL Rahul (C), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Tilak Varma, Prasidh Krishna, R Ashwin, Washington Sundar

India Squad for third ODI:

Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya (VC), Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Virat Kohli, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel (subject to fitness), R Ashwin, Washington Sundar