Indian cricket fans flooded the social media and expressed outrage over the exclusion of Abhimanyu Easwarana from the 15-member India group for the upcoming test series against West Indies. Although Easwaren is part of recent Indian groups for England and Australia, he will have to wait longer for his test debut.
Team announcement. September At a press conference in Dubai, India, the main selector Ajit Agarkar confirmed that Devdutt Padikkal was selected over the Bengal Opener and caused criticism online. Fans argued that for players who were constantly performing in the home cricket, it was unfair and remained part of the National Test settings over the last three seasons.
Indian Team Notification for West Indies: Veliky
Agarkar, however, claimed that the omission of Easwaren was purely tactical. With the opened openers of Kl Rahul and Yashsvi Jaiswal in the group, it was simply not necessary for the next opener.
“Normally, when you travel, you wear 16 or 17. You take the third opener. Here, if there is an injury or something, you can always fly with a guy. Here we have another versatile in Axar patel, which was not part of England Tour.
“His story is nothing. KL and Jaiswal did well, so we don’t need a third opener in the group. If necessary, we can fly and play a test,” he added.
Other remarkable absence included Karun Nair, after the unsatisfactory England Tour, dropped, dropped, Shreyas Iyer who asked for a break from the Red-Ball cricket Due to continuing concerns about injuries confirmed by BCCI and Sarfaraz Khan, he also injuries.
The West Indies series bears meaning to India. It denotes their first home test series of the season and monitors the loss of 3-0 series in New Zealand. It will also be the first home task for the new SHUBMAN GILL test captain, which at the beginning of this year led India to an impressive draw of the 2-2 series in England.
India Squad for West Indies Series:
SHUBMAN GILL (C), YASHSVI JAISWAL, KL RAHUL, SAI SUDHARSAN, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel, Nish Kumar Reddy, N. Jagadesen) Kuldeep Yadav.
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Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
September 25, 2025
