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The towering beingness of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma successful the Indian ODI squad tin lone assistance recently appointed skipper Shubman Gill turn arsenic a leader, said left-arm spinner Axar Patel successful Perth connected Friday (October 17, 2025).
Following India's 2nd grooming league up of the archetypal ODI connected Sunday (October 19, 2025), Axar said Rohit and Kohli, who person not played for India since Champions Trophy successful March, look crisp arsenic ever.
Gill has succeeded Rohit arsenic ODI skipper contempt the second taking India to the Champions Trophy title.
"For Gill, it's perfect, Rohit Bhai and Virat Bhai are there, and on with that, they person been captains, truthful they tin springiness their input also, truthful it is precise bully maturation of Gill's captaincy," said Axar successful a associated enactment with Australian opener Travis Head.
"What has been bully astir Gill's captaincy frankincense acold is that helium has not been pressurised." It has been a portion since Rohit and Kohli played competitory cricket but Axar said they are looking arsenic crisp arsenic ever.
"Like Travis said, they some are satellite people players. We tin spot aft the archetypal lucifer (how their signifier is). They are professionals, truthful they cognize what to do. They person been practising successful Bangalore's Centre of Excellence, truthful I deliberation they are acceptable to go.
"They are looking precise bully some successful nets and fittingness wise," said the bowling all-rounder, who archetypal visited Australia arsenic an India subordinate a decennary ago.
We don't speech astir bounce of pitches present anymore, we speech astir strategy
Most of the Indian cricketers person played plentifulness of cricket successful Australia including Axar, leaving them successful a comfy abstraction of mind.
Axar said the speech successful the dressing country is focused much connected readying against the absorption alternatively than the bouncy quality of tracks considering their familiarity with the conditions.
"I consciousness that since 2015 (his archetypal sojourn Down Under), determination person been a batch of changes. When we utilized to come, the speech was astir pitches, conditions, bounce and we utilized to play little arsenic well.
"We started playing regularly aft the 2015 World Cup, and, the bid started getting longer, and aft that the batters started doing well," helium said.
"When we travel present it doesn't consciousness similar Australian conditions and we person to beryllium much ready. We are present reasoning astir wherever we tin marque runs, truthful we speech astir strategy and timing, we are not talking astir the pitch, we are talking astir however we tin strategise," said Axar.
Axar has got large shoes to capable successful the series, having been picked up of Ravindra Jadeja successful the squad.
"I americium precise assured astir this series. In the Asia Cup, I did good some with bat and ball. After a agelong clip (2022 T20 World Cup), I would beryllium playing successful Australia. I americium acceptable for the challenge," helium said.
