The Indian cricket team has touched down in Perth in the early hours of Thursday for the white ball series against Australia, starting from Sunday.

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, and Prasidh Krishna were among the first batch of players to arrive in Australia. The Shubman Gill-led squad had departed from Delhi’s IGI airport early October 15.

The first group also includes the support staff, while the remaining members will join them ahead of the team’s first warm-up session in Australia.

The players are expected to undergo a brief acclimatisation period before the limited-overs series begins October 19.

The tour of Australia will feature three One-Day Internationals followed by a five-match T20I series, setting the stag

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