Jaiswal, Gaikwad earns maiden call-up for India's tour of West Indies
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the squad for the upcoming two-match Test series and ODI series against West Indies.
Following the defeat in World Test Championship Final, India made few changes in their Test set-up as Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav have been dropped from the side.
While youngsters like Ruturaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal and Mukhesh Kumar got their maiden Test call-up in the side.
Rohit Sharma will lead the side as usual and Ajinkya Rahane will be his deputy.
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The Test series will be the first Test for the third World Test Championship cycle for both the teams. The first Test will be played between July 12 and 16 in Dominica.
The second Test is scheduled to be played between July 20-24 in Trinidad. Following the Test series the ODIs and the T20Is will be played.
Squad:
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. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.
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.
