West Indies tour of India: Khary Pierre gets maiden Test call-up; CWI recalls Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Alick Athanaze

Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Tuesday has announced a 15-member squad that would tour India for a two-match Test series, starting from October 2 to 14 with matches in Ahmedabad and Delhi. It will be first time West Indies would be touring India since 2018 and also their first away fixture in the new World Test Championship (2025-27 ) cycle.

West Indies made three changes from the squad that recently played Australia. They have recalled Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Alick Athanaze while handed a maiden Test call-up to left arm spinner Khary Pierre. Chanderpaul and Athanaze have been included to bolster the top order.

Pierre, who is likely to play as a second specialist spinner, was rewarded for his strong performances in the West Indies Championship, where he claimed a chart topping 41 wickets at an average of 13.56.

The West Indies will play two Tests - in Ahmedabad from October 2-6 and in New Delhi from October 10-14. Roston Chase will continue to lead the Caribbean side with Jomel Warrican as his deputy. Meanwhile, former captain Kraigg Brathwaite was dropped from the side.

But the 32-year-old Brathwaite, who captained the West Indies when they toured India last time in 2018 and had resigned from the post in March this year, was excluded from the squad following a poor run with the bat against Australia in their last assignment of three-Test series at home.

The right-handed batter had scored 4, 4, 0 and 7 in the first two Tests and was dropped from the third. Brathwaite had become only the 10th West Indies cricketer to have completed 100 Tests.

West Indies squad for India tour

Roston Chase (Captain), Jomel Warrican (Vice-Captain), Kevlon Anderson, Alick Athanaze, John Campbell, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Justin Greaves, Shai Hope, Tevin Imlach, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Anderson Phillip, Khary Pierre, Jayden Seales