The Indian team for the next tour of West Indies has been announced. There will be all 3 formats played in the tour and the teams for 2 of those formats have been announced. Although the T20I team has yet to be announced. This team has some big Talking points and the reaction on social media has been far from ideal.
So, let’s look at the Test and the ODI Team for the West Indies tour slated to start from 11th July
Indian Test Team for West Indies Tour
Rohit Sharma – Captain
BATTERS
Shubman Gill
Ruturaj Gaekwad
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Virat Kohli
Ajinkya Rahane
WICKET KEEPERS
KS Bharat
Ishan Kishan
ALL ROUNDERS
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravindra Jadeja
Shardul Thakur
Axar Patel
FAST BOWLERS
Mohammad Siraj
Mukesh Kumar
Jaydev Unadkat
Navdeep Saini
Talking points from the Test Team
1) Cheteshwar Pujara has been dropped from the test team and it looks like it is the end of his test career.
2) Young batters like Ruturaj Gaekwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been selected and they will be groomed for the number 3 spot.
3) Sarfaraz Khan and Abhimanyu Easwaran have again been overlooked and this has angered the fans the most.
4) Mohammad Shami has been rested and Mukesh Kumar and Navdeep Saini have been given the chance in the team.
Indian ODI Team for West Indies Tour
Rohit Sharma – Captain
BATTERS
Shubman Gill
Ruturaj Gaekwad
Virat Kohli
Surya Kumar Yadav
WICKET KEEPERS
Sanju Samson
Ishan Kishan
ALL ROUNDERS
Hardik Pandya
Shardul Thakur
Ravindra Jadeja
Axar Patel
SPINNERS
Yuzvendra Chahal
Kuldeep Yadav
FAST BOWLERS
Jaydev Unadkat
Mohammad Siraj
Mukesh Kumar
Umran Malik
Talking points from the ODI Team
1) It looks like Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will open for India till the World Cup later this year.
2) A lot of young batters have been given the chance such as Ruturaj Gaekwad, Ishan Kishan who are unlikely to play in the World Cup.
3) Surya Kumar Yadav has been given a bigger responsibility and Mohammad Siraj is the leader of this Bowling attack.
4) The team is filled with quality spinners be it left arm spin or two wrist spinners as Jadeja, Axar, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav are all in the team.
