After the historic and memorable victory of the Asia Cup 2025, the West Indies will be challenged in front of the Indian team. The West Indies team’s visit to India will start from October 2, two Test matches will be played between the two teams. A few days before the start of this series, the West Indies team suffered a setback. The dreaded fast bowler Aljari Joseph is out of the series due to injury.

Aljari Joseph experienced discomfort some time ago due to pain in the lower back. At the same time, Cricket West Indies shared information through social media and told that in the report of Joseph’s investigation, it was found that his already corrected injury has started giving trouble again.

To compensate for the shortage of Aljari Joseph, the West Indies have included 23 -year -old Zediah blades in the squad. Blads have not yet made their Test debut and have only 7 matches experience at the international level. Blades are currently playing in the T20 series against Nepal, which will conclude on 30 September. He will then join the West Indies team for the Test series against India.

Cricket West Indies also revealed that the first all -rounder Jason Holder was contacted to replace Aljari Joseph. But due to the early medical examination, the holder refused to do so.

India-West Indies Test Series schedule

The first Test match between India and West Indies will be played from October 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. At the same time, the second and final Test match of the series will be played from October 10 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

Squad of India: Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja (Vice -captain), Washington Sundar, Jasington Sundar, Jaspreet Bumrah, Akshar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, N Jagdishan (wicketkeeper), Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav

West Indies updated squad: Roston Chase (Captain), Joler Warrican, Kevilan Anderson, Elik Athanaz, John Campbell, Tegenarin Chandrapaul, Justin Greaves, Shay Hope, Tevin Imlach, Jediah Blade, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Anderson Philip, Khari Pierre and Zaye Celsius

Also read:

Miracle will be done in the final …, not Tilak, this player was confident of coach Gambhir, disclosure of captain Suryakumar

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced Team India for the 2 -match Test series against West Indies from October 2. The BCCI has selected 15 players for this series. It also includes young players like N Jagdisin, Sai Sudarshan, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Devdutt Padikkal. However, 5 star players have not found a place in this team.

1- Rishabh Pant

Team India’s star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant will not be seen playing in the Test series against the West Indies. He has not been included in the team. However, the reason for this is not their fit. Pant is still recovering from injury. It is only on his absence that N Jagadisin has been included in the team as a reserve wicketkeeper.

2- Shreyas Iyer

India-A captain Shreyas Iyer did not play in the second Test match against Australia-A. It seemed that now Shreyas Iyer would return to the Test team, but his return stopped due to Iyer’s sudden injury. It is believed that Shreyas Iyer has not been selected due to not being fully fit.

3- Sarfaraz Khan

Sarfaraz Khan, who scored runs in domestic cricket, has not been selected in the domestic Test series against the West Indies. He is scoring runs in every tournament of domestic cricket. They are also scoring centuries. Nevertheless, Sarfaraz Khan has not been selected in the Test team.

4- Karun Nair

Karun Nair, who returned to the Test team after about 10 years, has been dropped from Team India after a series. Karun Nair, who was part of Team India in the England Test series, has not been selected for the Test series against the West Indies.

5- Mohammed Shami

Star fast bowler Mohammed Shami has also not been selected for the two -match Test series against the West Indies. He is also fully fit now. Even after this, the selectors did not select him for the Test series against the West Indies.

India’s 15-member team for the Test series against West Indies- Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja (Vice -captain), Washington Sundar, Jasington Sundar, Jaspreet Bumrah, Akshar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, N Jagadisan (wicketkeeper), Mohammed Siraz, Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav.