Mayank Agarwal and Mohammad Siraj got their maiden Test call on Saturday when the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced 15-man squad for the upcoming two-Test series against West Indies.
The players including Shikhar Dhawan, Karun Nair, Murali Vijay, Dinesh Karthik and Jasprit Bumrah, who were a part of India’s squad that recently played five Tests in England, have been dropped.
The first Test will be played at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot from October 4-9, 2018 followed by the second Test at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad from October 12-16, 2018.
India: Virat Kohli (c), KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, C Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), H Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, M Shami, Umesh Yadav, M Siraj, Shardul Thakur
