The Board of Cricket Council of India has announced a fifteen-member squad for the two Tests against the West Indies at home. While Devdutt Padikkal has received his call back, Karun Nair has been dropped from the squad. Nair, who came back to Test cricket after 7 years, did have a great outing in England in the Anderson-Tendulkar series. Nair was often alternated with Sai Sudharsan, who could not even make a mark with his runs in his debut season. However, Sudharsan has still been given a chance in the West Indies series. The middle order has been volatile, and the team is trying several options there. The Karnataka batter, Devdutt, is currently with the India A team, playing the unofficial Test series against Australia. Even though he scored just a run in the second match, Dev impressed the fans with his 150-run innings off 281 balls. , Speaking about Dev, Ajit Agarkar said, “Frankly, we have expected a little bit more. He has played four Tests. We believe Padikkal offers a little bit more at this point. We wish we could give everyone or 15 to 20 Tests but unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. Padikkal has been in the Test squad. He was in the Test squad in Australia. He played against England in Dharamshala, scored a fifty there. He has shown some decent form with India A. So yeah, expected a bit more from Karun in the England tour." Meanwhile, Sarfaraz Khan, who has been out of the Indian Test scheme, has been recalled. he last played the home Test series in England in early 2024, and is expected to fill the gap of Rishabh Pant as the middle-order aggressor. Read also: BCCI clarifies Shreyas Iyer's leave from red-ball cricket, batter to take six month break Ravindra Jadeja given vice captaincy During the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, India announced Rishabh Pant as the vice captain. However, he is recovering from a feet injury he sustained during the fourth Test at Manchester as Chris Woakes' yorker crashed Rishabh Pant's feet. Rishabh was expected to be back this season; however, the BCCI Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar confirmed that Pant is not fit yet. And thus Ravindra Jadeja has been named as the vice captain in this series. In the press conference, he said, "Rishabh Pant hasn't quite recovered for this series. We're hoping that he will recover for the next one. That's why we picked Jadeja as Vice captain." Notably, Jadeja was one of the key batters down the order in the Anderson-Tendulkar Series and had amassed 516 runs, the third highest for India in the series. However, with Rishabh Pant absent, Dhruv Jurel will be the first-choice keeper, and Narayan Jagdeeshan has been added as the backup. India squad - Shubman Gill (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, N Jagadeeshan, Sai Sudharasan