Ahmedabad, Oct 4, 2025

India’s chief selector Ajit Agarkar opined that it was ‘practically impossible’ to have three different captains across formats, which was the reason behind Shubman Gill succeeding Rohit Sharma as the ODI captain.

The Agarkar-led selection panel named India’s squads for the upcoming T20I and ODI series against Australia and handed over the ODI captaincy to Gill while also naming Rohit and Virat Kohli in the squad.

Before the squad announcement, the Men in Blue had three different captains for each format, with Rohit heading the ODI side, Gill leading the Test team and Suryakumar Yadav in charge of the T20I setup.

However, Gill will now lead the team in both ODIs and Tests after being named Rohit’s successor. Asked about the 26-year-old’s white-ball captaincy, Aga

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