The Indian men’s cricket team will face the West Indies in a two-match Test series next month. The BCCI’s senior men’s selection committee’s chairman, Ajit Agarkar, announced India’s 15-member squad for the home series on Thursday, September 25, and in the team picked for the two-match series against the Roston Chase-led side, there was no place for Karun Nair. Nair played four Tests for India in England but was not able to impress with his performance.
Along with Nair, all-rounder Shardul Thakur, batter Abhimanyu Easwaran and pacers Arshdeep Singh, Akash Deep and Anshul Kamboj have also been left out, whereas Rishabh Pant was not available due to selection.
While Akash Deep played three Tests in England, Thakur featured in a couple of matches,
and Easwaran and Arshdeep warmed the bench in all five fixtures.
Ahead of the start of the two-match Test series against the West Indies, here’s a look at the complete list of changes in India’s Test squad from the England series:
OUT: Karun Nair has been dropped from the Test squad along with Shardul Thakur. Pant was not available for selection due to a foot injury that he suffered on Day 1 of the fourth India-England Test in Manchester. Easwaran, Kamboj and Akash Deep will play for the Rest of India in the Irani Cup against Vidarbha from October 1, whereas Arshdeep has been named in India A’s squad for the second and third one-day matches against Australia A.
IN: Axar Patel is back in the Indian Test squad after 20 months, and along with him, Karnataka’s left-handed batter Devdutt Padikkal and SRH all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy are also picked for the home series. Devdutt last played a Test match for India in November 2025 against Australia at Optus Stadium in Perth, whereas Reddy’s last red-ball match was against England at Lord’s. He was ruled out of the last two Tests of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy due to a knee injury.
Retained players: Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Narayan Jagadeesan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and B Sai Sudharsan have managed to retain their place in India’s Test squad for the West Indies series from the fifth Test against England.
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’s squad for fifth Test against England: Shubman Gill (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Narayan Jagadeesan, Arshdeep Singh, Anshul Kamboj
