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Team India has been announced for the series against West Indies to be held in July. The selectors have taken many surprising decisions in this team. Team India's veteran batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has been dropped, while fast bowler Umesh Yadav has also been shown the way out. Young faces Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad have been given a chance in the team, while Mukesh Kumar is also a part of the team. Navdeep Saini is also making a comeback in the team. Through seven points, know what decisions were taken by the selectors in the selection of Team India for the West Indies tour.
Veteran Pujara's career over?
Cheteshwar Pujara was dropped from the Indian team after continuous flops. But after a good county performance in England, he returned to the Test team against Bangladesh. By scoring a century, Pujara indicated that he is ready to become the wall of Team India once again. But Pujara failed to make an impact in the World Test Championship. More than this, the way of getting out of Pujara was surprising for everyone. Pujara, in fact, was never seen playing like Pujara. In the final of the World Test Championship, he could score only 14 and 27 runs.
Jaiswal was rewarded for his performance in domestic cricket
Yashasvi Jaiswal's name has been in headlines for some time now. This left-handed player has shown amazing performance in domestic cricket. While playing on behalf of Rajasthan Royals, he showed a great game. Talking about first class cricket, he has scored runs at an average of more than 80 in just 26 innings. And in IPL 2023, he scored 625 runs. His strike rate was the highest among the five batsmen who scored the most runs this season. He has scored 1845 runs in 26 innings of 15 first class matches. His average has been 80.21. Recently, playing for Rest of India against Madhya Pradesh, he scored a century in both the innings. In the first innings, he played a blistering inning of 213 runs while in the second innings he scored 144 runs.
Reposed trust in Ruturaj Gaikwad
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has played an important role in shaping and grooming Ruturaj Gaikwad. His international career has started. He scored 19 runs against South Africa. Gaikwad represents the Maharashtra team in domestic cricket. His first-class average is 42.19. He has scored a total of six centuries in 28 matches. Gaikwad's technique is very good. Even in formats like IPL, he scores most of the runs with traditional shots. He has the creativity and the ability to open the innings.
Ajinkya Rahane got a big responsibility
Ajinkya Rahane showed an effective game in the final of the World Test Championship. In this match held at the Oval in London in June, he was the highest run-scorer for India. He was the only Indian batsman to stand in front of the Australian bowling attack. Rahane has been given a big responsibility by making him the vice-captain of the team. The style of Rahane 2.0 was seen in IPL this season. He batted aggressively while playing for Chennai Super Kings. Then after 15 months he made his entry in Test cricket. Rahane does not have a central contract but is the vice-captain of the team in the Test series against the West Indies. Rahane will also get more opportunities in future, its chances are less. Because the list of young batsmen of Team India is long. And the selectors would like to repose faith in him for the finals of the 2023-25 World Test Championship.
Chance for Jaidev and Saini
Team India's management has reposed faith in Jaydev Unadkat. Unadkat has a long experience of first class cricket. Jaydev Unadkat has been a part of every Indian Test team since the Bangladesh tour last year. Even on the West Indies tour, he has been selected as the only left arm pacer. At the same time, Saini has also returned after a long time. However, how many opportunities these two get will be an important question for the team management.
Mukesh Kumar - has been in the eyes of the Indian team management for a long time. He was also selected for the Test Championship final in England. In IPL also he showed effective game for Delhi Capitals. Mukesh Kumar, a resident of Bihar, plays for Bengal in domestic cricket. 30 year old fast bowler Mukesh is known for line and length. Bengal has made it to the Ranji Trophy final twice in the last three seasons and Mukesh has played an important role in that. He has also been a part of the India A team. He has taken 149 wickets in 39 first class matches.
Umesh Yadav's career over?
Umesh Yadav has also not been selected in the Test team. That is, now it is difficult for this pacer to return to the team. Seeing his performance in the home series against Australia, he was selected for the World Test Championship final but could not take any wickets in the first innings. At the same time, in the second innings also he took only two wickets. India lost the match by 209 runs and even after that questions were raised on Yadav's place.
