Sources indicate that the selectors are not planning to give Nair any more opportunities in the Indian Test team.
The Indian team will be selected on September 24th for the two-match Test series against the West Indies. Some changes are expected in the team, including the 33-year-old Vidarbha batsman Karun Nair. Karun had regained his place in the Indian team with his impressive batting performance in the recent domestic season, but his absence from the English tour is almost certain.
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In addition, in the absence of Indian vice-captain Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel will remain as wicketkeeper, with Narayan Jagadeesan serving as his backup. Speaking of Karun Nair, he scored only 205 runs in eight innings at an average of 25.6 on the English tour. Cricbuzz has reported that Karnataka batsman Devdutt Padikkal may be given this opportunity ahead of Nair.
Comparing Nair and Padikkal, Nair’s performance has been somewhat lackluster. Padikkal recently played a brilliant innings of 150 runs against Australia ‘A’. Nair, on the other hand, has not played any cricket since the England tour. The Indian team also wants to retain Nitish Kumar Reddy, and the Indian selectors will hope that he performs well and helps India win against the West Indies.
Series Schedule and Indian Team
BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia has confirmed that the Indian team will be selected in an online meeting on September 24th. This announcement will be for the upcoming two-match Test series against the West Indies. The series will begin on October 2nd at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, while the second Test will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi from October 10th. This series will be India’s first Test series on home soil under the captaincy of Shubman Gill.
India’s probable 15-member squad for the West Indies Test series: Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Nitish Reddy, and N Jagadeesan.
