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After the rout against Australia in the WTC final 2023 at The Oval that dashed India’s hopes of ICC trophy since 2013 , the BCCI has announced the Indian team for the tour of West Indies starting on July 12 .
Under fire Rohit Sharma will lead the team in both the formats . In the ODI squad there are some expected changes . Impressive Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson are back , So is Umran Malik Mukesh Kumar gets a call -up . Hardik Pandya will be the vice- captain . The rest pick themselves .
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, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Mukesh… pic.twitter.com/PGRexBAGFZ
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 23, 2023
In the Tests , despite the Oval failure, Rohit Sharma holds on to captaincy . And interestingly Ajinkya Rahane who was dropped from the BCCI central contracts and made a comeback in the WTC final has been named vice- captain . In case the selectors post West Indies tour look beyond Rohit Sharma as Test skipper, Rahane could well the replacement . That would be a spectacular comeback of sorts. K S Bharat is the wicket0 keeper along with Ishan Kishan. Talented Yashasvi Jaiswal gets a Test call . Cheteshwar Pujara dropped . Mohammed Shami rested .
NEWS – India’s squads for West Indies Tests and ODI series announced.
TEST Squad: Rohit Sharma (Capt), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (VC), KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd.… pic.twitter.com/w6IzLEhy63
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 23, 2023
