The Indian announcement of the team for the upcoming series of two tests against West Indies has evoked debates on injuries and leading roles. The injury of Sarfaraz Khana ruled him, while omitting Shreyas Iyer from the red ball and his current India captain raised questions about his long -term role in the national settings.
Talk at a press conference after Notification of the team in DubaiThe main volitor Ajit Agarkar explained that Iyer’s appointment as India, the captain, should not be considered as a confirmation that he will become the future Indian ODI. Agarkar stressed that the management has not yet spoken of changing the management of ODI settings, with an immediate focus on the World Cup 2026 T20 and maintaining stability on the test side.
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“I don’t think we have discussed the ODI format. Shreyas is a senior player, leading his franchise in IPL. He is one of the older guys. He was a captain of India before, does not mean that we look at him as our captain.
“The statement came to his career in the red ball just came out, and that gives us a chance. He was the key in ODIS. He gets three games before we go to Australia. More than anything we want to play well,” he added.
Earlier on the same day, BCCI confirmed that Iyer asked for a break from cricket red ball Managing his recurring back and was handed over to the accusation of India and for their three -day one -day series against Australia and Kanpur since September 30th. This timing supported speculation that it was modified as the successor of Rohit Sharma in ODI format, but Agarkar has played such an interview, but states that Iyer is just one of several players.
Iyer’s back results from the surgery that he underwent in the UK in 2023, and while during the last season of Trophy, he managed short explosions, the requirements of longer formats proved difficult. He has already withdrawn in the middle of the second unofficial test of India and against Australia and Kanpur, with Dhruv Jurel taken over as a stand-in captain. Since then, BCCI has decided to carefully manage its workload and keep it in a white ball cricket frame.
Many of them expected that Iyer would return to Western India’s tests, especially with Karun Nair trying to strengthen his place in Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against England at the beginning of this year. Instead, by dropping the Nair from the team, India decided to bring Devdutt Padikkal.
For India, one day will lead against Australia and, Iyer with Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Riyan Parag, Ayush Badoni, SuryANSH Shedh and ViPraj Nigam. Strengthening including Tilak Varma, Abhishek Sharma, Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh will join from the senior team after their duties in Asia Cup and add strength to the side for the last two matches.
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Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
September 25, 2025
