Overview
- Shubman Gill will captain India for the three-match home ODI series, with Shreyas Iyer named vice-captain subject to BCCI Centre of Excellence fitness clearance.
- Rishabh Pant remains the backup wicketkeeper to KL Rahul, leaving out Ishan Kishan and renewing questions about the reserve keeper’s role in the 50-over setup.
- Mohammed Shami and Ruturaj Gaikwad were omitted despite recent domestic success and a Raipur century respectively, while Mohammed Siraj returned to the pace group.
- Hardik Pandya was not selected after failing to receive clearance to bowl a full 10-over quota, with Nitish Kumar Reddy included as the fast-bowling all-rounder option.
- Bengal coach Laxmi Ratan Shukla termed Shami’s exclusion an injustice, and Ravichandran Ashwin questioned leaving out Gaikwad and the choice of a second specialist wicketkeeper as public scrutiny of selection criteria intensified.