Hardik Pandya's all-round show and Yuzvendra Chahal's triple strikes help India beat Australia by 26 runs (DLS method) in first ODI at Chennai on Sunday.
Axar suffered sprain in his left ankle while playing football during the practice session on Friday.
Currently, Kohli is jointly second highest in terms of hundreds with 30 tons to his credit in ODIs along with Ricky Ponting. Sachin Tendulkar tops the list with 49 hundreds.
Rahul had an ordinary outing with the bat against Sri Lanka, he scored 28 runs in three ODIs before being dropped from the fifth rubber.
The last time the Australia played a bilateral ODI series in India was in 2013, the hosts won seven-match series 3-2 with two games were abandoned due to inclement weather.
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There is talk that the series could turn out to be a run feast, but Smith said he would wait to take a look at the pitches before assuming anything.
Referring to Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag said he would love to be known as a "God" in this mortal world.
Virender Sehwag, who is the first and only Indian batsman to score not one but two triple hundreds in Test cricket, said Kohli is just 28 and has plenty of cricket left in him.
The Test series between Bangladesh and South Africa and the one between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be the first ones to be played with the new changes ruled out by ICC.
Dhawan has been released from the team to attend his unwell wife, ruling him out of the first three ODIs of the five-match series against Australia starting September 17 in Chennai.
The lanky left-arm spinner feels that there is a high possibility of him figuring in the playing XI along with Adam Zampa against India in the upcoming ODI series which starts on September 17.
On and off the field, the players do make an impact and that's what makes the Men in Blue a one of a kind.
Opener Aaron Finch, who aggravated a calf injury during a training session, is expected to miss the first three ODIs against India.
India coach Ravi Shastri said the rivalry between India and Australia is second to none and added that the upcoming limited-overs series will be closely contested.
Rohit, who is coming off a good ODI tour of Sri Lanka where he scored 302 runs including two centuries and a 50, said he hoped to continue the good form against the visiting Australians.
In the event of Finch being ruled out of the first game, Australia may turn to Travis Head or Hilton Cartwright.
Head said he was happy to get a chance to bat up the order and was looking forward to doing so in the ODI series.
Rohit's supple wrists and sublime strokeplay may be a delight for fans but there is a lot of homework involved.
During the last series against Sri Lanka also, Dhawan had left after the One-day Internationals as his mother was unwell at that time.
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