India has appointed a team of 15 members for the two tests against the Antilles, Ravi will Ravi Jadeja being named as vice-captain and as planned, Karun Nair is not appointed in the programming. Devdutt Padikkal was appointed in the range.“Frankly, we expected a little more. I mean, he played four tests. This is like that, I mean, we think that (Devdutt) Padikkal offers a little more at this stage. And I would like us to give all 15 or 20 tests. Unfortunately, it does not work in this way. He therefore showed a decent form with India, “said chief selector Ajit Agarkar at the press conference in Dubai.“Frankly, we expected Karun a little more in the trip to England there”Another absent from the team is Abhimanyu Easwaran, whose expectation of representing India continues to have named in the squads for Australia and England, but only warming the bench.“We do not need a third opening match at home,” said Agarkar in the absence of Abhimanyu in the range.Rishabh Pant has not yet recovered enough to be included in the team. He was vice-captain during the tour in England. Ravira will Jadeja.Dhruv Jurel and N. Jagadeesan are the two specialized counters, with a juror likely to be the first choice option.The rest of the team has a familiar look, and given the expectation that Spin will play a more important role at home than Pace, India has appointed Ravira Jadeja, Washington Sundar and Axar Patel as three allrouders of Spin-Bowling, alongside Kuldeep Yadav. Nitish Kumar Reddy is listed as the fast Bowling Allrounder, with Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna as a first choice Pacers. Test team in India vs Antilles: Shubman Gill (C), Yashsvi Jaiswal, Kl Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Ravirandi Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Jasprit BumrahThis series marks the first home campaign of India under the new captain of the Shubman Gill test, who previously directed the team to a 2-2 draw with England. It was the first series of India in the World Championship Cycle of World Test 2025-2027.The opening test against the Antilles will take place at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad from October 2, with the second test in New Delhi, at the Arun Jaitley stadium, from October 10.The Antilles team was to arrive in Ahmedabad on September 24 and will undergo a training camp before the first test.This series represents the second assignment in the new ICC WTC cycle for the team led by Roston Chase, after his home series against Australia in June-July. The left arm spinner Khary Pierre, who deserved his first appeal test, was a notable inclusion.Pierre, 33, was awarded for coherent performances in the Antilles championship, where he exceeded the total of the counter last season with 41 counters at an average of 13.56. Tagenarine Chanderpaul, son of the stomach in the stick, Grand Shivnarine Chanderpaul, is also part of the team.With Ajit Agarkar, president of the selection committee, currently in the United Arab Emirates for the Asian Cup, the meeting to choose the team was organized online. This selection process was also the last for two members of the Committee – S. Sharath and Subroto Banerjee.During the Ag BCCI on September 28, Sharath and Banerjee were replaced by Pragyan Ojha (South Zone) and RP Singh (central area).
