BCCI Announces India Squads for West Indies Series and Irani Cup; Pant to Lead Rest of India
The BCCI announced India's squads for the upcoming home series against the West Indies, featuring three ODIs starting September 27 and five T20Is from October 6. Shubman Gill will captain the ODI team with KL Rahul as vice-captain, while Shreyas Iyer leads the T20I side. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja are included in the ODI squad. Newcomers Naman Dhir and Auqib Nabi earned maiden ODI call-ups. Rishabh Pant was omitted from both squads but will captain the Rest of India team in the Irani Cup. Hardik Pandya is absent due to fitness concerns, and Nitish Kumar Reddy was moved from the Asian Games squad to the ODI team.
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news18 broke this story on 16 Sept, 03:21 pm. Other outlets followed.