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Explained: Why Ravindra Jadeja is India's Test vice-captain and not Rishabh Pant for IND vs WI Test series

Devansh Poddar

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Team India is all set to return to red-ball action. The Shubman Gill-led side will take on the West Indies in a two-match Test series at home, commencing on October 2nd at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. 

India's veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been named deputy for Gill for the upcoming series in the absence of Rishabh Pant. 

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India announced their 15-member squad for the series, as the chairman of selectors, Ajit Agarkar, completed the proceedings through a press conference. 

Why is Ravindra Jadeja named India's vice-captain?

The world's No. 1 all-rounder, and the veteran Ravindra Jadeja, have been named as the vice-captain of India for the upcoming Test series against the West Indies. 

India's designated vice-captain for the last Test tour against England was Rishabh Pant. Pant suffered an injury during the fourth Test at Manchester and is still recovering, which has ruled him out of the West Indies series. 

"Rishabh Pant is the vice captain and has not recovered to make it to the WI Test series. We expected him to be available for South Africa. Jadeja has been one of our top performers with experience," Agarkar said in the press conference. 

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India's squad for the Test series against the West Indies

Team India is going to field almost a similar team that featured against England a couple of months ago.

Karun Nair, Akash Deep and Abhimanyu Easwaran have been dropped from the squad, while Rishabh Pant has missed out as he his still recovering from his foot injury. Axar Patel has been added as an additional spinner.

  1. Shubman Gill (c)
  2. Yashasvi Jaiswal
  3. KL Rahul
  4. Sai Sudharsan
  5. Devdutt Padikkal
  6. Dhruv Jurel (wk)
  7. N Jagadeesan (wk)
  8. Ravindra Jadeja (vc)
  9. Washington Sundar
  10. Axar Patel
  11. Kuldeep Yadav
  12. Jasprit Bumrah
  13. Prasidh Krishna
  14. Mohammed Siraj
  15. Nitish Kumar Reddy

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Devansh Poddar

Devansh Poddar is a content producer for The Sporting News' India edition.