Major highlights of India's Test squad for series against West Indies

Overview

• India announced its 15-member squad for the Test series against the West Indies, which is led by Shubman Gill
• Rishabh Pant is ruled out due to an ankle injury, leading to Ravindra Jadeja being named the vice captain
• While Jasprit Bumrah will play the series, Karun Nair has been dropped, and Abhimanyu Easwaran hasn't received a call-up

India announced its 15-member squad for the Test series against the West Indies, which is led by Shubman Gill. Rishabh Pant is ruled out due to an ankle injury, leading to Ravindra Jadeja being named the vice captain. While Jasprit Bumrah will play the series, Karun Nair has been dropped, and Abhimanyu Easwaran hasn't received a call-up.

Gill will continue to lead the side, who had a great series in England as a batter. Pant, who was his deputy, suffered an ankle injury, which ruled him out of the Oval Test. Hence, he will miss the entire series against the West Indies. In his absence, Jadeja has been named Gill's deputy for the series.

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Bumrah, whose workload management has been a talk, has been picked for the series. Mohammed Siraj will also play in the series, while Prasidh Krishna could play his first home Test. Nitish Kumar Reddy and Sai Sudharsan continue to be in the squad, while Devdutt Padikkal has been recalled along with Axar Patel.

Karun Nair and Abhimanyu Easwaran dropped, Shreyas Iyer makes himself unavailable

Washington Sundar, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, and Dhruv Jurel have all made it to the squad, following their good performance in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025. However, Karun Nair and Abhimanyu Easwaran, who featured in the England tour, have been dropped. The latter did not even get a chance to play a match in the tour.

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Shreyas Iyer was set to be picked for the series, but is set to miss out of the entire red-ball leg at home due to an injury. Sarfaraz Khan, who was a part of the home Tests in 2024, did not find a spot in the squad due to not being completely fit.