During the journey, Shubman Gill took a selfie with Virat Kohli. (Photo-Screenshot/X)

India Tour of Australia: Now Team India will face the challenge of Australia under the leadership of Shubman Gill. For this, some players of the Indian team have reached Australia. On Wednesday, October 15, the team players left from Delhi Airport. However, he reached Perth, Australia late. Because of this the players were very tired. A big reason for this has come to light. Team India will start its campaign in Australia from October 19. Shubman Gill will captain the ODI series in Australia for the first time.

Why did Team India arrive late?

According to reports team india The flight departed from Delhi airport late by four hours. Due to this delay, the flight timings to Singapore also had to be changed. Because of this, the players of Team India reached Perth at 4 am in the morning on 16 October, whereas they should have reached there at 12 midnight. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana and Prasidh Krishna are among the players of the first batch to reach Australia.

FIRST PICTURES: Of Team India 🇮🇳 arriving in Perth in the early hours of this morning. #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/q7sAsH5zFc

—Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) October 16, 2025

Team India reached the hotel amid tight security

According to reports, amid tight security arrangements at Perth Airport in Australia, Team India players came out and boarded a bus to go to the hotel. During this time, Indian fans were present in the airport. During this time, fatigue was clearly visible on the faces of the players.

ROHIT SHARMA IN PERTH AUSTRALIA.🇮🇳🔥 pic.twitter.com/6RnReMhNWp

— 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐢𝐢⁴⁵ (@rushiii_12) October 15, 2025

According to reports, Team India players will participate in the practice session on 17th and 18th October. India on 19 October and Australia The first ODI match will be played between. In this match, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma can be seen playing after a long time. The second and third ODI matches will be played on 23 and 25 October at Adelaide Oval and Sydney Cricket Ground. The 5-match T20 series will start from October 29. India last toured Australia for a bilateral ODI series in 2020-21, where they lost 2-1, but registered a resounding win in the T20I series.