The India squad for Test series against West Indies has been announced and the two most notable omissions have been of Mohammed Shami and Karun Nair. The team will be led by Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja has become the new vice-captain of India in absence of Rishabh Pant.
The 15-member squad is a mixture of youngsters and experienced players. The chief selector Ajit Agarkar opened up about the two omissions and mentioned that they picked the best 15 at the moment.
Ajit Agarkar on Karun Nair’s exclusion – “Unfortunately, we can’t give everyone 15-20 Test matches. We had expected more from Karun Nair in the England Test.”
Ajit Agarkar on Mohammed Shami’s exclusion – “He has not had a lot of cricket in the last three years.”
🚨 Presenting #TeamIndia's squad for the West Indies Test series 🔽#INDvWI | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/S4D5mDGJNN
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Agarkar then gave an update about Rishabh Pant’s fitness and mentioned that he is close to gaining his fitness. Agarkar also opened up about Abhimanyu Easwaran’s exclusion and said that there was no place for a third opener in the squad. India will play the Test series against West Indies starting from October 2. The first Test will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The second Test will played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
