The Indian team has been announced for the West Indies tour. The selectors have selected the team for ODI and Test formats. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad have been successful in making their place in the Test team for the first time. At the same time, the selectors have also dropped the gaze on many big names like Cheteshwar Pujara and Umesh Yadav. Let us tell you five big things about the team selected for the Caribbean tour.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been rewarded for their consistent performances in IPL 2023 and domestic cricket. Yashasvi's performance was excellent in the 16th season of the Indian Premier League and he scored a total of 625 runs in 14 matches. At the same time, Ruturaj also played an important role in making Chennai Super Kings the champion for the fifth time.
Cheteshwar Pujara has to face the punishment for flopping badly in the World Test Championship final. The Indian selectors have slammed Pujara and he has been shown the way out of the Test team. Along with Pujara, Umesh Yadav has also been dropped from the team. Umesh was thrashed in the WTC finals.
Sanju Samson has once again got the benefit of showing Jauhar with his bat in IPL 2023. Samson has been included in the ODI squad selected for the West Indies tour. However, despite not showing anything special with the ball in the 16th season of the Indian Premier League, Umran Malik has been given a place in the team for the 50-over format.
Mukesh Kumar has been included in both the ODI and Test squads selected for the West Indies tour. Mukesh's performance was strong in IPL 2023 and he made a lot of headlines with his bowling. Along with this, Navdeep Saini has also returned to the Test team after a long time. Navdeep played his last Test match in the year 2021.
Ajinkya Rahane has been rewarded for his brilliant performance with the bat in the final match of the World Test Championship. Rahane has again been appointed as the vice-captain of the Test team. Rahane performed brilliantly in both the innings of the WTC final.
