Following their disappointing loss in the final of the second edition of the World Test Championship (WTC) against Australia, Team India will commence the new WTC cycle, WTC 2023-25, with the series against West Indies. The two-match Test series is scheduled to begin on July 12 and conclude on July 24.
While the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to announce the squad for the Test series, they will face several difficult decisions after the team’s performance in the previous WTC final. Questions arise regarding the future of players like Cheteshwar Pujara and whether Ajinkya Rahane, who was an ad hoc player in the WTC final, will be included in the upcoming series.
The official squad release from the BCCI will provide answers to these inquiries. However, let’s take a look at a probable 16-member squad for Team India that could be selected for the 2023 Test series against West Indies. We will analyze the squad by dividing it into categories such as batters, wicket-keepers, all-rounders, and bowlers.
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India vs West Indies: India’s Probable Squad
Batters: Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli & Yashasvi Jaiswal
Wicketkeepers: Ishan Kishan & KS Bharat
All-rounders: Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja & Shardul Thakur
Bowlers: Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj & Mukesh Kumar