India’s four-member national selection committee (chief selector slot vacated by Chetan Sharma is yet to be filled) on Friday answered calls for an infusion of youth in India’s Test XI and picked Mumbai’s Yashasvi Jaiswal and Maharashtra’s Ruturaj Gaikwad in the squad for next month’s two-match Test series in the West Indies. The selectors dropped No. 3 batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, 35, for the series which kicks off at Windsor Park Stadium in Dominica from July 12. The second Test will be held at Trinidad from July 20 to 24.

Mumbai boy Jaiswal, 21, who was in England recently as a standby in the WTC final squad, is over the moon. “I’m delighted. It’s big to get into India’s Test team. It is one of the best moments in my life. I am really excited. It’s now up to me to give my best performance. The sky is the limit for me and I will focus on my game,” Jaiswal told mid-day on Friday.