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Auqib Nabi and Naman Dhir receive maiden call-ups as BCCI announces squad for West Indies series

Auqib Nabi and Naman Dhir receive maiden call-ups as BCCI announces squad for West Indies series

The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) Men’s Selection Committee, on Wednesday, September 16, unveiled India’s ODI and T20I squads for the forthcoming home series against the West Indies, commencing on Sunday, September 27 in Trivandrum.

India have also made changes to their T20I squad for the upcoming Asian Games and the one-off fixture against Japan. Mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy is all set to miss the Asian Games and Japan game due to a side strain.

On the other hand, all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, who was originally named in the T20I squad, has been released and will instead feature in the ODI series against the West Indies. Meanwhile, Vipraj Nigam has been named as Reddy’s replacement.

In the ODI squad for the West Indies series, pacer Auqib Nabi has received his maiden ODI call-up while Naman Dhir also bagged his maiden national call-up. Also, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ravindra Jadeja returned to the ODI set-up.

In the T20I squad for the West Indies series, seamer Mayank Yadav has been recalled after missing the T20I series against Afghanistan. Also, Kuldeep Yadav and Prince Yadav have been included, bolstering the bowling attack.

India T20I squad vs Japan and for the Asian Games: Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan (wk), Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel, Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Washington Sundar, Yash Thakur

India’s ODI team vs West Indies: Shubman Gill [C], Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KL Rahul [VC], Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Mohammed Siraj, Auqib Nabi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Naman Dhir.

India’s T20I Team vs West Indies: Shreyas Iyer [C], Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan [WK], Sanju Samson [WK], Tilak Varma [VC], Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav.

India vs West Indies series schedule 2026

1st ODI: Sunday, September 27, Trivandrum 

2nd ODI: Wednesday, September 30, Guwahati 

3rd ODI: Saturday, October 3, New Chandigarh

1st T20I: Tuesday, October 6, Lucknow 

2nd T20I: Friday, October 9, Ranchi 

3rd T20I: Sunday, October 11, Indore 

4th T20I: Wednesday, October 14, Hyderabad 

5th T20I: Saturday, October 17, Bengaluru

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