Overview

• The BCCI named a 15-player squad for two home Tests, with Devdutt Padikkal replacing Karun Nair after the England series.
• Agarkar said selectors “expected a little more” from Nair and believe Padikkal “offers a little more at this point.”
• Nair said he was disappointed, highlighted his last-Test fifty, and pledged to return to domestic cricket to press his case.
• Dinesh Karthik said the team has moved on to a younger option and praised Padikkal’s 80 for India A in Australia and a prior fifty against England.
• India face West Indies in Ahmedabad on October 2 before Delhi hosts the second Test, with recalls for Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy and N. Jagadeesan.