India, Oct. 16 -- Putting an end to all the social media chatter about a possible awkwardness between them, former India captain Rohit Sharma and current head coach Gautam Gambhir were involved in an intense discussion during India's first training session on Thursday in Australia. It was Rohit and Gambhir's first meeting since the coach and captain duo led India to the Champions Trophy title earlier in March. However, Gambhir and the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee decided it was time to hand over the ODI captaincy to Shubman Gill, who got off to a great start as Test skipper.

India's white-ball preparations for the upcoming ODI series against Australia began in earnest on Thursday, with senior pros Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma hit...