The four-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia ended on Monday. Captain Pat Cummins traveled to Australia after playing two matches of the important Test series on Indian soil. At that time, it was known that the pacer had to return to Australia due to the illness of the Aussie captain’s mother Maria Cummins. However, Maria Cummins could not recover anymore, she breathed her last in Sydney on Friday morning. As a result, Pat Cummins is not playing in the ODI series against India.

Steven Smith led the Australia team in the last two Tests instead of Cummins. He also has the responsibility of captaincy on his shoulders in ODIs. Smith last led Australia in this format five years ago. After that, he lost the captaincy in the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa and was also temporarily banned from cricket.

The three-match ODI series between India and Australia will begin on March 17. The remaining two ODIs will be held on March 19 and 22.

Australia ODI squad: David Warner, Travis Head, Steven Smith (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Josh English, Shaun Abbott, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa.