India, Sept. 1 -- India ODI captain Rohit Sharma is all set to return to international cricket for the ODI tour of Australia later this year after he aced the pre-season fitness test at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru on Sunday. Rohit has not been in action since the IPL 2025 season.

Midway through the season for the Mumbai Indians in the IPL earlier this summer, Rohit announced his retirement from Test cricket. The development came just two weeks before the selection meeting for the tour of England, and amid months of immense speculation over his future in international cricket.

Although the BCCI confirmed in their social media post for Rohit at the time of his Test retirement that he would remain the ODI skipper, questions ...