Why is Hardik Pandya not part of the ODI and T20I squads for India’s tour of Australia?

The concerns proved true. Hardik Pandya was ruled out of the Australia tour because of the injury he sustained during the Asia Cup 2025. BCCI, on Saturday, announced the squad for the limited-over series against Australia without the star all-rounder. 

India will face Australia for 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is starting from October 19. The ODI series can witness the returns of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for the Men in Blue brigade. But they will have to play without multiple star players, including Hardik Pandya. Pandya suffered a right quadriceps injury during the Asia Cup 2025 match against Sri Lanka. After the match, team India bowling coach Morne Morkel expressed concerns about his injury. 

Who can replace Hardik Pandya during the ODI and T20I series against Australia?

Team India already has multiple options to replace Hardik Pandya in the playing XI for both of the formats. For T20Is, the selectors named Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, and Washington Sundar as the all-rounders of the squad. Dube can be the automatic choice to replace the void, as he did well in the Asia Cup 2025. 

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For the ODI series, the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee picked up all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, and Washington Sundar. 

India squads vs Australia 

India’s squad for the three-match ODI series:

Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk.), Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (wk.), Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Arshdeep Singh. 

India's squad for the three-match T20I series:

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Tilak Verma, Nitish Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wk.), Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk.), Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, and Washington Sundar.