India name squads for white-ball series against West Indies
India will take on West Indies from 27 September in a three-match ODI series followed by five T20Is.
India have announced their squads for the upcoming white-ball series against West Indies at home, with the series set to begin on 27 September.
India’s ODI squad v West Indies: Shubman Gill [C], Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Mohammed Siraj, Auqib Nabi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Naman Dhir.
India’s T20I squad v West Indies: Shreyas Iyer [C], Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav.
Shubman Gill will lead the side in ODIs as India begin building momentum towards the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027.
Pacer Auqib Nabi receives his maiden ODI call-up after being part of the Test squad for India’s tour of Sri Lanka in August, although he did not make his debut. Batter Naman Dhir has also earned his maiden call-up to the Indian squad.
Ruturaj Gaikwad returns to the Indian set-up after last featuring in an ODI during the home series against South Africa last year. Ravindra Jadeja also is also back in the ODI fold after having last featured in the ODI series against New Zealand in January.
In the T20I squad, Mayank Yadav returns to the India set-up after missing the T20I series against Afghanistan. Kuldeep Yadav and Prince Yadav have also been recalled, strengthening the bowling unit.
India have also made changes to their squad for the upcoming Asian Games. Varun Chakaravarthy will miss the tournament due to a side strain, while Nitish Kumar Reddy, who was originally named in the squad, has been withdrawn and will instead feature in the ODI series against West Indies.
Vipraj Nigam has been named as Reddy’s replacement in the Asian Games squad.
India Squad for T20I v Japan and Asian Games: Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan (wk), Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel, Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Washington Sundar, Yash Thakur
Series Schedule:
1st ODI - 27 September, Trivandrum
2nd ODI - 30 September, Guwahati
3rd ODI - 3 October, New Chandigarh
1st T20I - 6 October, Lucknow
2nd T20I - 9 October, Ranchi
3rd T20I - 11 October, Indore
4th T20I - 14 October, Hyderabad
5th T20I - 17 October, Bengaluru