Gaikwad, Jaiswal and Mukesh included in Test team, Pujara, Umesh and Shami out

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New Delhi. Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Mukesh Kumar have been named in the Test squad for the first time for India’s upcoming tour of the West Indies, starting July 12 in Dominica. Cheteshwar Pujara, Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami were left out of the squad announced by the selection committee for the upcoming two-match Test series, which also marks the start of India’s 2023-25 ​​World Test Championship cycle. The decision to include Gaikwad and Jaiswal is seen as a possible beginning of a change in the Indian Test batting order.

Ruturaj and Mukesh will be part of the squad for the three-match ODI series that follows the Test series, with Sanju Samson joining as the second wicketkeeper-batsman option. India also have to play five T20 matches and the team for this will be announced later.

Dominica’s Windsor Park will host the first Test from July 12-16, followed by the second Test at Trinidad’s Queen’s Park Oval from July 20-24. The second Test will also be the 100th Test match played between India and the West Indies.

The first two ODIs will be held on July 27 and 29 at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. The third ODI will take place on August 1 at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad, which will host a men’s ODI for the first time.

India Test squad: 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, Akshar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.

India ODI squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel , Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar.

–IANS

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