NEW DELHI: India’s Test stalwart Cheteshwar Pujara has been dropped because the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) males’s choice committee on Friday introduced India’s squad for the upcoming two-match Test sequence and three ODIs towards the West Indies.
Pujara, a veteran of over 100 Tests, was dropped following a poor run of kind after the 35-year-old scored solely 211 runs in his final six matches with one half-century to his title.
Young sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad and pacer Mukesh Kumar acquired their maiden Test call-ups.
Jaiswal, who scored the quickest IPL fifty in 13 balls this season, scored 625 runs in the course of the two-month event to complete among the many prime 5 run getters whereas Gaikwad completed with 590 runs. Gaikwad additionally made headlines in November when he hammered seven sixes in an over in a first-class match for his staff Maharashtra.
Ajinkya Rahane has been promoted as Test vice-captain following his good present within the World Test Championship Final towards Australia. Rahane rating 89 and 46 (first innings and second innings) within the WTC Final that India misplaced by an enormous 209 runs.
Along with Pujara, senior pacer Umesh Yadav has additionally been dropped from the Test facet whereas pacer Navdeep Saini makes a Test comeback.
Rohit Sharma will proceed to steer India in Tests and ODIs whereas the squad for the 5 T20Is will probably be introduced later.
The Caribbean tour commences with the primary Test from July 12-16 in Dominica. The second Test will probably be performed in Trinidad from July 20-24.
India’s Test squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.
India’s ODI squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar.
Pujara, a veteran of over 100 Tests, was dropped following a poor run of kind after the 35-year-old scored solely 211 runs in his final six matches with one half-century to his title.
Young sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad and pacer Mukesh Kumar acquired their maiden Test call-ups.
Jaiswal, who scored the quickest IPL fifty in 13 balls this season, scored 625 runs in the course of the two-month event to complete among the many prime 5 run getters whereas Gaikwad completed with 590 runs. Gaikwad additionally made headlines in November when he hammered seven sixes in an over in a first-class match for his staff Maharashtra.
Ajinkya Rahane has been promoted as Test vice-captain following his good present within the World Test Championship Final towards Australia. Rahane rating 89 and 46 (first innings and second innings) within the WTC Final that India misplaced by an enormous 209 runs.
Along with Pujara, senior pacer Umesh Yadav has additionally been dropped from the Test facet whereas pacer Navdeep Saini makes a Test comeback.
Rohit Sharma will proceed to steer India in Tests and ODIs whereas the squad for the 5 T20Is will probably be introduced later.
The Caribbean tour commences with the primary Test from July 12-16 in Dominica. The second Test will probably be performed in Trinidad from July 20-24.
India’s Test squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.
India’s ODI squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar.
(With inputs from companies)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com