Team India Announced For West Indies Tour, This Star Batsman Makes Comeback

Team India has been announced for the Test and ODI series of West Indies tour. Pujara has been dropped from the team after a poor performance in the Test Championship final. At the same time, young Rituraj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal have got a place in the team. 

Rohit Sharma is going to lead the team on the West Indies tour. Apart from this, Sanju Samson, who has been out for a long time, has also returned to the ODI team. India's West Indies tour is going to start from 12th July. India has to play 2 Tests, 3 ODIs and 5 T20 Internationals on the tour of West Indies.

Youngsters get a chance

Young players have been given a chance by the BCCI for the West Indies tour. While Gaikwad and Jaiswal have been included in the Test team, Rituraj, Umran, and fast bowler Mukesh Kumar have been included in the ODIs as well. ODI World Cup is to be held in India this year, in such a situation, BCCI is preparing the team keeping in mind the World Cup.

Ajinkya Rahane became vice-captain

Rahane is now back in the team. Along with this, Rahane has also received a reward from the BCCI for his brilliant performance in the Test Championship final. BCCI has again made Rahane the vice captain of the Test team. While Pujara was dropped from the Test team. Age is being told as the main reason for dropping Pujara.

 

Rohit Sharma will remain the captain 

Rohit Sharma is going to captain Team India on West Indies tour. Rohit Sharma was being considered for rest after the Test Championship final but he has not been given rest due to his poor captaincy and flop show in batting. 

The result of the Test series against the West Indies can decide Rohit Sharma's future as Test captain. Rohit Sharma is facing critics due to continuous poor performance.

Indian team for ODI series

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Rituraj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Aksar Patel, Yajuvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammad Siraj, Umran Malik and Mukesh Kumar.

Indian team for test series

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Rituraj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Aksar Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammad Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Ishan Kishan, KS Bharat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Navdeep Saini