AUS vs IND 2024-25: Rohit Sharma to not travel with Indian team, set to miss first Test

India are set to square off with Australia for a five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. This edition of the monumental series will begin with the first Test at the WACA, Perth. However, regular Indian skipper will miss the opening encounter of the series due to personal reasons.

According to Gaurav Gupta from The Times of India, Rohit Sharma will not be travelling with the Indian team for the first match of the series, labelling his absence from the Perth fixture. The team will be addressing a press conference in Mumbai on Monday, November 11 at 9 am IST before departing for Australia. Although, Rohit and head coach Gautam Gambhir will be addressing the media for an interaction, the former will not be travelling alongside the Indian team.

In Rohit's absence, vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah is the strongest contender to lead the Indian side against Pat Cummins & Co.

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KL Rahul and Abhimanyu Easwaran, who opened for India A in the second game, are the two potential openers India can have in case Rohit's absence vacates the spot.

Speaking more of the tour, a batch of the Indian team has already left for Australia, and the second batch will leave shortly after the pre-departure press conference on Monday, November 11, which will be addressed by the head coach, Gautam Gambhir. The first batch departed on Sunday night, and includes the likes of Shubman Gill, Akash Deep, and Mohammed Siraj.

India squad for Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25:

Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar