India Squad Announcement For West Indies Tests LIVE Updates: Chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar will name the India squad for the two Tests versus West Indies. (PHOTO: AP)
India Squad Announcement For West Indies Tests LIVE Updates: The Ajit Agarkar-led senior selection committee is scheduled to reveal on Thursday the India squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against the West Indies at home. The squad, which was reportedly supposed to be announced on Wednesday, was pushed back a day. The big question that Agarkar and Co will be confronting is whether to persist with Karun Nair or give someone like Devdutt Padikkal a chance.
There is going to be plenty of discussion around Nair after the 33-year-old was handed a comeback to the Test team after a gap of nearly seven years in England. But in the four Tests he played, Nair crossed the 50-run milestone just once: in the final match at The Oval. He got starts in other matches but couldn’t convert them into big ones.
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As reported by The Indian Expressthe selectors are set to retain the core of the team that featured in the five Tests in England post the retirement of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The senior national selection committee is set for a rejig as S Sharath and Subroto Banerjee will attend their last meeting before Pragyan Ojha and RP Singh replace them.
The two Tests will be played in Ahmedabad and Delhiin the series that starts from October 2.
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Rishabh Pant ruled out of India’s Test series vs West Indies
Rishabh Pant returned home after the fourth Test against England. (AP Photo)
India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant is set to miss their two-match Test series against the West Indies, which starts on October 2. Pant is still recovering from a fractured left foot, which he had suffered during India’s fourth Test against England in July this year in Manchester. Dhruv Jurel will be keeping wickets in his place.
The first Test will be played in Ahmedabad, followed by the second in New Delhi.
Pant had been advised six weeks’ rest after suffering the blow from a delivery from fast bowler Chris Woakes while batting on Day 1 of the fourth Test of the rather epic tour which ended in a 2-2 draw. The Old Trafford Test itself was drawn and Pant had gone off retired hurt but then returned to bat the next day. He ended up scoring 54 runs in 75 balls before falling to Jofra Archer. Pant returned home after the match.
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