India Squad for West Indies Tour 2023: BCCI announced the India ODI and Test squad for the upcoming India tour of West Indies 2023. During the tour, India and Windies will play 2 Tests, 3 ODIs and 5 T20I matches between July 12 – August 13.
India Squad for West Indies Tour 2023
The series will begin with a test match on July 12 in Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica. The Test series will be a part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. Rohit Sharma has been named as the captain of the both India Test and ODI squad.
Chennai Super Kings opening batter Ruturaj Gaikwad has been named in the India Test squad while Rahane was named as vice-captain of the team.
India’s Test squad
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.
India’s ODI squad
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar.
Originally, three T20I matches were scheduled to take place in the West Indies. However, in March 2023, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) agreed to the proposal of Cricket West Indies (CWI) to include two more T20I matches in the tour.
In April 2023, CWI announced that the two extra T20I matches would take place in Florida, United States.
