Ishaan Kishan has been ignored once again. He was also not included in the Indian squad for the two -Test series against the West Indies starting from October 2. Kishan, 27, is running out of Team India for a long time. He did not play any match for India since November 2023. He suddenly returned from the tour of South Africa at the end of that year, after which he did not return. Wicketkeeper N Jagdishan has been preferred on Kishan for the West Indies series.
At the same time, Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar has placed a condition in front of Kishan for entry in Team India, which will have to be fulfilled. He wants Kishan to play a little more cricket and show it well. He has played two Tests, 27 ODIs and 32 T20 Internationals so far.
During the press conference on Thursday, Ajit Agarkar said that, when we chose India a squad, he was not fit. However, he is now fit. I mean N Jagdishan was part of the last Test match we chose when Kishan was injured. We know that Kishan is a very good player but we want him to play a little more cricket. They have to show some good performance.
At the same time, 29 -year -old Jagadishan will be the second wicketkeeper against the West Indies. Rishabh Pant is out of the squad due to unfit, Dhruv Jurlel will take over the responsibility of wicketkeeping. Jagadishan scored 64 runs in India -e -Verses Australia A first informal Test. At the same time, he scored 197 for the South Zone and 52 not out for the South Zone in the Duleep Trophy 2025 semi -finals.