The Indian squad for the West Indies Test series has been announced. The Indian team last played a Test series against England. Karun Nair and Abhimanyu Easwaran, who were a part of the squad that toured England, have been dropped from the side. Rishabh Pant has not yet recovered from the injury he sustained during the Test series against England and was unavailable for selection.
Ravindra Jadeja has been named the deputy to Shubman Gill for this series. Dhruv Jurel and Narayan Jagadeesan are the two wicketkeepers in the side. Devdutt Padikkal and Axar Patel have been picked in the side as well. Nitish Kumar Reddy, who sustained a knee injury during the England tour and has retained his place in the squad.
Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Shardul Thakur, and Harshit Rana were also a part of the Indian squad against England and have not been named in the squad against the West Indies.
This indicates a shift in selection strategy for the West Indies Tour of India.
End Of The Road For Karun Nair?
Karun Nair was picked in the squad against England and featured in four Test matches. He managed 205 runs and a single half-century on the tour. He made a comeback to the side after a gap of eight years. However, it looks like Nair’s chances of playing for the Indian team once again is almost over.
The chief selector of the Indian team, Ajit Agarkar, answered the question on Nair while announcing the squad. He mentioned that the selection panel had expected a little more from Nair.
“Frankly, we expected a little bit more. He’s played four Tests, but we’ve spoken about just one innings. It is the way it is. We feel we needed a little bit more at this point. We wish we could give everyone 15 or 20 Tests, but it doesn’t work that way,” Agarkar said.
India’s Squad Against The West Indies
Shubman Gill (c), Ravindra Jadeja (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), N. Jagadeesan (wk), Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
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