Team India announced for the 2 match Test series against West Indies! New captain and vice-captain appointed

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|31-07-2024

Team India: Team India is currently on a tour of Sri Lanka. Team India has to play a series of 3 ODI matches from August 2 on the Sri Lanka tour. After the Sri Lanka tour, Team India has to play Test series against Bangladesh, New Zealand and West Indies on its home ground.

No official dates have been announced by the BCCI so far for the Test series against the West Indies, but it is certain that Team India will play a 2-Test series against the West Indies. According to media reports related to this Test series, the selection committee can appoint a new captain and vice-captain in the team for the West Indies Test series.

Team India will get a new captain for the West Indies Test series

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The Test series between India and West Indies is going to be held in the month of October in the year 2025.

In such a situation, it will not be so easy for Rohit Sharma to represent Team India in Test cricket. Due to which there are speculations that Team India's white ball format vice-captain Shubman Gill can captain Team India during the West Indies Test series.

Rishabh Pant can become the new vice-captain of Team India

Rishabh Pant's statistics have always been excellent in Test cricket. In such a situation, it is believed that Rishabh Pant can be seen playing Test cricket for Team India for at least a decade more. For this reason, it is being speculated that if Shubman Gill is chosen as the next captain of Team India, then Rishabh Pant can be chosen as the new vice-captain of Team India.

Team India's probable team squad for West Indies Test series

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rituraj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar, Sarfaraz Khan and Shreyas Iyer

Team India's probable team squad for West Indies Test series

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rituraj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar, Sarfaraz Khan and Shreyas Iyer

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