{"id":17526,"date":"2025-10-04T18:29:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T18:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/04\/shubman-gill-becomes-indias-28th-odi-captain-see-full-list-of-skippers-to-lead-men-in-blue-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T18:29:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T18:29:22","slug":"shubman-gill-becomes-indias-28th-odi-captain-see-full-list-of-skippers-to-lead-men-in-blue-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/04\/shubman-gill-becomes-indias-28th-odi-captain-see-full-list-of-skippers-to-lead-men-in-blue-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Shubman Gill Becomes India&#8217;s 28th ODI Captain: See Full List of Skippers To Lead Men In Blue | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9614091\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">October 04, 2025, 23:21 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9614091\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3608571516 asubttl-schema\">Shubman Gill succeeds Rohit Sharma as India\u2019s ODI captain.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artsharwrp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news18.co\/gnps-en-btn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"jsx-91f4da8d48c13a79 gglebtn bgylw\"\/><\/p>\n<div id=\"artshare\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artshare\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b stickdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b deskwrapstkdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b fontchange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/font.svg\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" alt=\"font\" title=\"font\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b lazyload\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3608571516 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shubman Gill isIndia's 28th ODI captain and will have former skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in his side for the series against Australia (PTI)\" title=\"Shubman Gill isIndia's 28th ODI captain and will have former skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in his side for the series against Australia (PTI)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-3608571516\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Shubman Gill isIndia&#8217;s 28th ODI captain and will have former skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in his side for the series against Australia (PTI)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">India will start their journey for the 2027 ODI World Cup in Australia with Shubman Gill as the new captain, succeeding Rohit Sharma ahead of the three-match ODI series later this month.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">At 26, Gill will become India\u2019s 28th ODI captain.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">His promotion marks the conclusion of Rohit Sharma\u2019s successful four-year tenure, during which Rohit led India to the 2023 ODI World Cup final and the 2025 Champions Trophy title, ending a 12-year ICC tournament drought.<\/p>\n<h2>Full List Of India Men\u2019s ODI Captains<\/h2>\n<div class=\"table_container\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>No.<\/th>\n<th>Name<\/th>\n<th>Span<\/th>\n<th>Matches<\/th>\n<th>Won<\/th>\n<th>Lost<\/th>\n<th>Win %<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Ajit Wadekar<\/td>\n<td>1974<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>S. Venkataraghavan<\/td>\n<td>1975\u201379<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>14.28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Bishen Singh Bedi<\/td>\n<td>1975\u201378<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Sunil Gavaskar<\/td>\n<td>1980\u201385<\/td>\n<td>37<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>37.83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Gundappa Viswanath<\/td>\n<td>1980<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Kapil Dev<\/td>\n<td>1982\u201392<\/td>\n<td>74<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<td>52.70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Syed Kirmani<\/td>\n<td>1983<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Mohinder Amarnath<\/td>\n<td>1984<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Ravi Shastri<\/td>\n<td>1986\u201391<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>36.36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Dilip Vengsarkar<\/td>\n<td>1987\u201388<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>44.44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Krishnamachari Srikkanth<\/td>\n<td>1989<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>30.76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Mohammad Azharuddin<\/td>\n<td>1989\u201399<\/td>\n<td>174<\/td>\n<td>90<\/td>\n<td>76<\/td>\n<td>51.72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Sachin Tendulkar<\/td>\n<td>1996\u201399<\/td>\n<td>73<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<td>31.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Ajay Jadeja<\/td>\n<td>1998\u201399<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>61.53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>Sourav Ganguly<\/td>\n<td>1999\u20132005<\/td>\n<td>146<\/td>\n<td>76<\/td>\n<td>65<\/td>\n<td>52.05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>Rahul Dravid<\/td>\n<td>2000\u201307<\/td>\n<td>79<\/td>\n<td>42<\/td>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<td>53.16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>Anil Kumble<\/td>\n<td>2002<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>Virender Sehwag<\/td>\n<td>2003\u20132011<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>58.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>Mahendra Singh Dhoni<\/td>\n<td>2007\u201318<\/td>\n<td>200<\/td>\n<td>110<\/td>\n<td>74<\/td>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>Suresh Raina<\/td>\n<td>2010\u20132014<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>50.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>Gautam Gambhir<\/td>\n<td>2010\u201311<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>Virat Kohli<\/td>\n<td>2013\u201321<\/td>\n<td>95<\/td>\n<td>65<\/td>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>68.42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>Ajinkya Rahane<\/td>\n<td>2015<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>Rohit Sharma<\/td>\n<td>2017\u20132025<\/td>\n<td>56<\/td>\n<td>42<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>Shikhar Dhawan<\/td>\n<td>2021\u201322<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>58.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>KL Rahul<\/td>\n<td>2022\u201323<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>66.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>Hardik Pandya<\/td>\n<td>2023<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>66.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>Shubman Gill<\/td>\n<td>2025<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">Shubman Gill was appointed as India\u2019s Test captain earlier this year and is emerging as a potential all-format leader for the national side. He took over the red-ball captaincy from Rohit Sharma after the star opener announced his retirement from Test cricket midway through the Indian Premier League (IPL) season. In his first major assignment, Gill guided India to a hard-fought 2-2 draw in the five-Test series for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">More recently, Gill served as Suryakumar Yadav\u2019s deputy during the Asia Cup.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">India is scheduled to play three ODIs in Australia between October 19 and 25.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table_container\">\n<table style=\"width:437px\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width:102px\"><strong>Day<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width:140px\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width:96px\"><strong>Match<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"width:99px\"><strong>Venue<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:102px\">Sunday<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:140px\">19th October<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:96px\">1st ODI<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:99px\">Perth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:102px\">Thursday<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:140px\">23rd October<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:96px\">2nd ODI<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:99px\">Adelaide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:102px\">Saturday<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:140px\">25th October<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:96px\">3rd ODI<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:99px\">Sydney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\"><strong>India\u2019s ODI squad for tour of Australia:<\/strong> Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (VC), Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ritayan Basu\" title=\"Ritayan Basu\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/ritayan-basu-16281.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">Ritayan Basu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ritayan Basu, Senior Sub-Editor, Sports at News18.com. Has been covering domestic and and international football for nearly a decade. Has played and covered badminton. Ocassionally writes cricket content, havin&#8230;<span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ritayan Basu, Senior Sub-Editor, Sports at News18.com. Has been covering domestic and and international football for nearly a decade. Has played and covered badminton. 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