Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Mukesh Kumar have been selected in India’s Test squad for the first time for the tour of the West Indies, while Cheteshwar Pujara has been dropped and Mohammed Shami rested.
Fast bowler Navdeep Saini has also made a comeback to the squad in place of Umesh Yadav.
It means India will have a new Number 3 for the Series after Pujara scored only 14 and 27 in the World Test Championship Final against Australia earlier in June.
Unless India move Shubman Gill down to Number Three , Pujara’s spot could be taken by either Jaiswal or Gaikwad for India’s first series in the 2023-2025 World Test Championship cycle.
India open their tour of the West Indies with the first Test in Dominica from July 12th.
The Second Test begins on July 20th at Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain. They won their previous Test series in the Caribbean 2-0 in 2019.