India, Oct. 27 -- The Australia tour of 2025 did not go as planned for the Indian team when it came to performance as a team in the ODI series. Notably, Shubman Gill was handed over the captaincy in the format for the first time. He had big shoes to fill as he replaced Rohit Sharma, who won the Champions Trophy as the leader of the team in his last venture.

The result 2-1 did not go in his favour, even though the form of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli was positive to be taken, especially from the final match in SCG. As a batter, Gill also did not have the best of times Down Under. The role of the Indian captain in ODIs is a challenging role and especially when you are coming to the position after names like MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, and Rohit...