India Test squad for West Indies 2025: No Rishabh Pant, Karun Nair-Shardul Thakur dropped, Ravindra Jadeja named VC

India Test squad for West Indies 2025: No Rishabh Pant, Karun Nair-Shardul Thakur dropped, Ravindra Jadeja named VC (BCCI Photo)

India Test squad for West Indies 2025: The BCCI on Thursday announced the squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against the West Indies, which starts from October 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The second match will be played from October 10-14 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.

Rishabh Pant, who sustained an injury on his toe during the England tour, has not been considered. Dhruv Jurel will be donning the wicketkeeping gloves in the southpaw's absence with Narayan Jagadeesan announced as the team's second wicketkeeper.

The big news is both Karun Nair and Shardul Thakur has not been considered for the series. The duo were part of the England tour, where India engaged in a 2-2 draw in the five-match series.

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Earlier, while announcing the India A squad for the one-days against Australia A, BCCI confirmed that Shreyas Iyer's current status in red-ball engagements after he pulled out from the second unofficial Test against Australia A in Lucknow.

"Mr Shreyas Iyer has informed the BCCI of his decision to take a six-month break from red-ball cricket. Having undergone back surgery in the UK and managed his recovery well, he has recently experienced recurring back spasms and stiffness while playing the longer format. He wishes to utilise this period to build endurance, body resilience and work on his fitness. In view of his decision, he was not considered for selection for the Irani Cup," the statement from the cricket board read.

India are currently third on the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 table, having secured two wins, one draw, two defeats. Their win percentage is 46.67.

West Indies, on the other hand, are placed sixth and are yet to open their account, having lost 3-0 in the Test series involving Australia earlier in the cycle.

India squad announced for West Indies Tests: Shubman Gill (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (vc), Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Narayan Jagadeesan, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav