India squad for West Indies Test tour contains a grand whole of 16 cricketers – yet one more than what was the case throughout ICC World Test Championship ultimate in opposition to Australia final month. The addition signifies that India have a further specialist batter with them for a two-match sequence within the Caribbean.
Having represented India in 10 white-ball matches, batter Ruturaj Gaikwad is a part of the Test squad for the primary time. Much just like the Maharashtra batter, there’s additionally a maiden Test call-up for Bengal pacer Mukesh Kumar. Batter Yashasvi Jaiswal, quite the opposite, has obtained a made it to the nationwide squad for the primary time in his profession.
Fast bowler Navdeep Saini, in the meantime, has been recalled into the squad as a sixteenth member a few years after he performed the final of his 21 worldwide matches throughout all of the three codecs. Just one-match into his comeback stint, Ajinkya Rahane has been as soon as once more promoted to being the vice-captain of the Indian Test squad.
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The aforementioned 4 names have discovered a spot within the Indian squad rather than batter Cheteshwar Pujara and quick bowlers Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav.
If not for batter Shubman Gill dropping all the way down to No. 3, the event is for certain of India fielding a complete new batter at a vital place in Test cricket. Furthermore, Indian followers also needs to brace themselves for witnessing gamers making their Test debuts below Rohit Sharma on this tour.
India Squad For West Indies Test Tour
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.
Has Cheteshwar Pujara Been Dropped?
Yes. Even at the price of sounding debatable, WTC ultimate debacle has made Pujara one of many two gamers who’ve been dropped as a ramification. While it’s true that the 35-year outdated participant hadn’t carried out on top of things in his second tenure as India’s No. 3, different non-performers retaining their spots has it in it for his followers to label him as a scapegoat.
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— Cheteshwar Pujara (@cheteshwar1) July 11, 2023
That mentioned, Pujara, who operates like a workhorse, is again to placing within the arduous yards in home cricket. For the unversed, the right-handed batter scored a sincerely hardworking 133 (278) for West Zone within the second innings of the just lately concluded first Duleep Trophy semi-final in opposition to Central Zone.
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