The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday, September 25, ignored KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah and instead picked 36-year-old all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja as India’s vice-captain for the upcoming two-match Test series against the West Indies. Jadeja, who tops the ICC Test all-rounder’s ranking, was in red-hot form with the bat in the five-match Test series against England a couple of months back.

In the team picked for the home series, the selectors have also included Axar Patel, but there was no place for Karun Nair, Shardul Thakur, Arshdeep Singh, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Akash Deep and Anshul Kamboj. Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant was not considered for selection due to a foot injury that he suffered on Day 1 of the 4th India-England Test in Manchester.

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