The Australian Captain Odi and Regular Captain T20i Mitchell Marsh believe that the upcoming series of white balls against India will serve as a perfect heating for ashes 2025-26. The tour includes three ODIs and five T20is from October 19 to November 8 and ends just 12 days before the first Ashes test in Perth, which provides Australia with a valuable competitive management.
Marsh, leads the Odi side Instead of injured Pat cumminsHe emphasized the importance of taking over the world no. India in front of the ashes. He pointed to intensive rivalry between two nations and said that the timing of the series offers an ideal opportunity to fine -tune strategies and building dynamics. In an interview with FOXSPORTS.com.au, he explained why the series is an important step before the Marquee test series.
“We will have all the people who are building towards the ashes, but everyone loves playing against India,” Marsh said.
“We have great rivalry and great respect for them as a team. It is literally the perfect timing to play against India in the opening series Ashes. It will be massive,” he added.
The tour will also see Return of the Indian stars Rohit Sharma and Virt Kohliwho have not played international cricket since the beginning of this year. Australia will host India for ODIS in Melbourne 19 October, Adelaide 23 October and Sydney 25 October. The T20i series will immediately follow and complete the tour with multiple formats.
For Australia, it provides a number of challenges and opportunity. It allows the team to try against one of the strongest sides in the world, while building confidence, focusing of strategies, and getting a match practice before England arrives in the Historic Ashes series.
Inde vs aus, a series of white balls: full units
- India Odi Squad: SHUBMAN GILL (C), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (VC), Axar Patel, Kl Rahul (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, MoHD. Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Australia Odi Squad: Mitchell Marsh (C), Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Ben DwarShuis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Owen, Matthew Renshaw, Mitthew Short, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zamb, Adam Zamp Adam Zamba
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- India T20i Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, SHUBMAN GILL (VC), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Burh, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit (WK) Rink Singh, Washington Sundar.
- Australia T20i Squad: Mitchell Marsh (C), Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Tim David, Ben DwarShuis, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Head Travis, Josh Inglis, Matthew Khnemann, Mitchell Owen, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zamp
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Published:
Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
13 October 2025
