Veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara and senior pacer Umesh Yadav had been on Friday dropped from India’s Check squad for the West Indies tour beginning July 12 whereas three gamers received maiden call-ups.
Younger batters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad in addition to seamer Mukesh Kumar had been named for the primary time within the 16-member crew.
Veteran seamer Mohammed Shami was rested for your complete West Indies tour as Navdeep Saini was recalled to the Check aspect to be led by Rohit Sharma. Ajinkya Rahane was again as vice-captain for the two-match Check sequence.
India will even play three ODIs in opposition to the West Indies after the Check sequence for which a 17-member crew underneath Rohit was introduced by the BCCI selectors.
India Check squad: Rohit Sharma (Capt), 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, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.
India’s ODI squad: Rohit Sharma (Capt), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (VC), Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar.
