The BCCI’s senior selection committee on Thursday, September 25, announced India’s 15-member squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against the West Indies. In the team picked for the first home
series of the 2025-26 season, Shubman Gill has been retained as Test captain, and the majority of the players who featured in the five-match series against England have also been picked, but there was no place for Karun Nair.
Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has also been left out of the squad due to the foot injury that he suffered on Day 1 of the fourth India-England Test in Manchester.
Axar Patel is back in the Test team after more than 18 months. Tamil Nadu’s Narayan Jagadeesan and Dhruv Jurel are two wicketkeeper-batters in the squad.
Senior all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been named as the vice-captain for the home series in the absence of Pant.
India’s squad for two-match Test series against the West Indies: Shubman Gill (C), KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Narayan Jagadeesan (WK), Devdutt Padikkal, Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, B Sai Sudharsan
India vs West Indies Test series schedule
| DATES | MATCH | VENUE | START TIME (IST) |
| October 2-6 | 1st Test | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | 9:30 AM |
| October 10-14 | 2nd Test | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi | 9:30 AM |
