The five-Test tour of England, earlier in the year, marked a significant change of guard in India’s Test cricket with Shubman Gill taking over from Rohit Sharma. On Sunday, when the 26-year-old Gill steps into the Optus Stadium in Perth for the first of the three-match ODI series against Australia, it will mark the beginning of another new phase in Indian cricket, as he leads the pack for the first time in white-ball cricket with two former captains, Virat Kohli and Rohit, still part of the squad.

For the youngster, the ODI series marks a fresh challenge of leading the legends he once idolised.

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While Gill may not yet have the global stature of Kohli or Rohit, that could soon change, with him holding the top leadership roles in both Tests and ODIs. He, along with Australia’

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