India cricket captain Virat Kohli will return home from Australia after the opening test in Adelaide next month to attend the birth of his child.
Kohli's deputy, Ajinkya Rahane, will lead India in the final three tests of the tour, which begins in Sydney on November 27, with the first of the six short-form internationals.
At the October 26 selection committee meeting, Kohli informed the BCCI of his plans to return home after the day-night test in Adelaide next month, says board secretary Jay Shah says.
Kohli's actress wife, Anushka Sharma, is pregnant with their first child.
Under Kohli, India registered their maiden test-series victory in Australia last year.
The BCCI has announced changes to the touring party, after several players sustained injuries in the Indian Premier League.
Opener Rohit Sharma has been added to the test squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, after initially being left out of the touring party with a hamstring niggle.
Quick bowler Ishant Sharma, who was also omitted because of a muscle tear, will be added to the test squad if he recovers in time.
The revised Indian squads for the tour of Australia:
T20s: Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-capt, wk), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan
One-Day Internationals: Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-capt, wk), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur, Sanju Samson (wk)
Tests: Virat Kohli (capt, 1st test only), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-capt), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma to be added at a later date.
Reuters
