Cheteshwar Pujara and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
West Indies Tour: The BCCI on Friday announced the squad for the West Indies tour, where the Indian team will play two Tests, three ODIs and a five-match T20 International series from July 12. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad and fast bowler Mukesh Kumar have been included in India’s Test team for the first time, while players like Cheteshwar Pujara and Mohammed Shami Experienced players have been dropped.
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Ajinkya Rahane, who returned to the Test team for the World Test Championship (WTC) final, has been named vice-captain, while fast bowler Navdeep Saini has returned to the squad. At the same time, Sanju Samson and Jaydev Unadkat have been included in the ODI team of the Indian team. Yashasvi Jaiswal had a stellar IPL 2023 for Rajasthan Royals and was in the eye of the selectors after scoring 625 runs at a strike rate of 163. In domestic cricket, Jaiswal has scored runs in 15 matches at an average of 80.21 with 9 centuries. His highest score during this period has been 265.
At the same time, the team has not been selected for the T20 matches for the West Indies tour. The BCCI issued a press release saying, “The selection committee has selected the Indian team for the upcoming two-match Test series and three ODIs against West Indies. India also have to play five T20 matches and the squad for this will be announced later.” will be done in
Indian team for West Indies tour
India ODI squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Rituraj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surmakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar.
Test squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Rituraj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Akshar Patel , Mo. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.
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