Not Rahul, THIS veteran has been named as India's vice-captain for WI series

The Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI on Thursday announced the squad for the Test series against the West IndiesStar pacer Jasprit Bumrah will lead Indias pace attack whereas Karun Nair has been dropped from the side While announcing the squad chief selector Ajit Agarkar hinted that Nair and Abhimanyu Easwaran are no longer in the scheme of thingsIn Nairs place Devdutt Padikkal has been added to the squad What came as a surprise to the fans was the appointment of Ravindra Jadeja as vicecaptainAs Rishabh Pant is still recovering from the injury that he sustained during the AndersonTendulkar Trophy Jadeja has been named as Shubman Gills deputySpeaking on Bumrahs workload management Agarkar said that he has had a good break after the Test series against EnglandThis is a team for both the Test matches So hes available for both Weve had a fair break after England He didnt play the fifth Test either Theres been a month or five weeks of break he saidThis tournament the ongoing Asia Cup here where Bumrah is playing has been fairly spaced out till this last week Hes ready and keen to play both Test matches Agarkar explainedHowever while speaking on Nair he was clear that the 30yearold burly Bengaluru man didnt make full use of opportunities scoring one fifty in eight innings during the tour of EnglandWe feel Padikkal offers a little bit more at this point and I wish we could give everyone 15 or 20 Tests Unfortunately it doesnt work that way Agarkar saidStressing more on Padikkals selection Agarkar said that he has shown decent form and the management was expecting a bit more from Karun during the England seriesPadikkals been in the Test squad Frankly we expected a bit more from Karun in England Devdutt was in the Test squad in Australia played in Dharamsala against England got a 50 there Hes shown some decent form within the race the former pacer statedOn the other hand Sudharsan also had similar outings as Nair but the selectors picked him by sidelining the righthanderOn Sudharsans selection Agarkar said that Sai is a good player and the think tank is looking forward to giving him a long runEventually its a little bit about continuity There were a few changes at No3 because of the combination that we played But going forward Sai has shown a lot of promise We know hes a very good player Hopefully we can give him a longish run from now on at a particular number said the 47yearold former cricketerThe twomatch Test series against West Indies is scheduled to begin on October 2 with the first match scheduled to be played at the Narendra Modi StadiumIndias squad for the Test series against West Indies Shubman Gill C Yashasvi Jaiswal KL Rahul Sai Sudharsan Devdutt Padikkal Dhruv Jurel WK Ravindra Jadeja VC Washington Sundar Jasprit Bumrah Axar Patel Nitish Kumar Reddy N Jagadeesan WK Mohammed Siraj Prasidh Krishna Kuldeep YadavWith PTI Inputs