After India’s unsparing aggression in the two opening Tests that saw them drowning a hapless Australian ship, the apex cricket authority of India has announced the squads for the remaining two Tests and the three-match ODI series that are lined up next.

The third Test between India and Australia will be played from 1st March at Indore with the series finishing at Ahmedabad where the final Test is scheduled to be played on the 9thof March.

BCCI issued an advisory that stated that Rohit Sharma will be unavailable for the opening ODI of the series due to family commitments and Hardik Pandya will be donning the captain’s armband. India will be playing three ODIs against Australia that will be held on 17th, 19th and 22nd March at Mumbai, Vizag and Chennai respectively.

Jaydev Unadkat will be returning to the squad for the final two Tests and the ODI series. Ravindra Jadeja, who has been India’s prime game-changer in the ongoing Test series returns to the ODIs too, thanks to his superlative performance of late coupled with his years of experience and brilliance on the field.

India’s Test squad for the third and fourth Test against Australia: Rohit Sharma (Captain), K L Rahul, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.

India’s ODI squad against Australia: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, K L Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (Vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Jaydev Unadkat.