Auqib Nabi and Naman Dhir earn first India ODI call-ups for West Indies series

Auqib Nabi and Naman Dhir have been named in India's ODI squad for the home series against the West Indies, which begins on September 27. Selectors adjusted squads to avoid overlap with the Asian Games, prompting changes to both teams.

The three-match ODI series clashes with the Asian Games, and Nitish Kumar, who had been part of the Asian Games contingent, was withdrawn from that event and included in the ODI group. There had been speculation about Rohit Sharma's place following the England ODIs in July, but Rohit answered critics by scoring a hundred in the final game at Lord's. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja are all part of the ODI squad, which is led by Shubman Gill.

India’s ODI squad vs. WI: Shubman Gill (Capt.), K.L. Rahul (Vice-capt.), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Nitish Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Mohammed Siraj, Auqib Nabi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Naman Dhir.

India’s T20I squad vs. WI: Shreyas Iyer (Capt.), Tilak Varma (Vice-capt.), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav. Jasprit Bumrah, who will spearhead the attack at the Asian Games, has been rested for these T20Is.

Hardik Pandya, who hasn’t played since the IPL due to injury, will have to wait for his return to the India side; he is likely to feature for India-A in three One-Dayers against Australia-A in Puducherry from October 6 to 11.

The selectors also announced the Rest of India squad for the Irani Cup: Rishabh Pant (Capt. & wk), Sarfaraz Khan (Vice-capt.), Sanat Sangwan, Shikhar Mohan, Sudip Gharami, Smaran Ravichandran, Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Akash Deep*, Mukesh Kumar, Mukesh Choudhary, Aryan Juyal (wk), Aryan Pandey, Anukul Roy, Ayush Doseja. Rishabh Pant, omitted from the matches against the West Indies, will lead the Rest of India side in the Irani Cup, which will be played from October 1 to 5 at the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar.

Schedule for series against WI: ODIs: Sept. 27: Thiruvananthapuram; Sept. 30: Guwahati; Oct. 3: New Chandigarh. T20Is: Oct. 6: Lucknow; Oct. 9: Ranchi; Oct. 11: Indore; Oct. 14: Hyderabad; Oct. 17: Bengaluru. Updated Asian Games squad: Shreyas (Capt.), Tilak (Vice-capt.), Abhishek, Samson (wk), Kishan (wk), Dube, Axar, Washington, Bishnoi, Bumrah, Arshdeep, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yash Thakur, Vipraj Nigam.