{"id":775908,"date":"2026-09-19T15:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T15:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/775908\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T15:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T15:36:13","slug":"selection-committee-has-made-up-its-mind-ex-india-cricketer-on-rishabh-pants-exclusion-from-west-indies-odis-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/775908\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Selection committee has made up its mind’: Ex-India cricketer on Rishabh Pant’s exclusion from West Indies ODIs | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'SelectionRishabh Pant (Getty Images) Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra<\/a> believes the Indian selectors have made up their mind about Rishabh Pant<\/a>\u2019s immediate future in white-ball cricket.Pant was left out of India\u2019s ODI squad for the upcoming West Indies series. However, he has been named captain of the Rest of India side for the Irani Cup.The three-match ODI series against the West Indies will begin in Thiruvananthapuram on September 27. The second ODI will be played in Guwahati on September 30, while the third match will take place in New Chandigarh on October 3.Chopra said the different roles given to Pant in red-ball and white-ball cricket show how India currently view the wicketkeeper-batter.<\/p>\n

\u2018A very strange and very unique case\u2019<\/p>\n

Chopra said Pant remains an important player in Test cricket, but his place in the ODI team appears to have changed.\u201cRishabh Pant is a very strange and very unique case. While he is playing Test cricket and is a very important member of the red-ball side, he was stripped of his vice-captaincy duties there as well. But in ODI cricket, without playing, he\u2019s been bid goodbye,” Chopra told Jio Star.He also pointed to Pant being named captain of the Rest of India side for the Irani Cup as another sign of his importance in red-ball cricket.”At the same time, he has been made the captain of the Rest of India (ROI), which also tells you that, with respect to red-ball cricket, they are very serious about Rishabh playing a huge role in the longer format. But for white-ball cricket, as of now, I think this selection committee has made up its mind,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Pant\u2019s ODI future unclear<\/p>\n

Pant has never been a permanent member of India\u2019s 50-over squad and has played only one ODI in the past four years. He was also dropped from the T20I team after India\u2019s 2024 T20 World Cup victory.His latest ODI omission comes as India start their preparations for the 2027 ODI World Cup. Shubman Gill will captain the team against the West Indies, with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli also part of the 15-member squad.Dhruv Jurel is among the wicketkeeping options, while KL Rahul has been named vice-captain in place of Shreyas Iyer. Iyer will be part of India\u2019s Asian Games campaign.<\/p>\n

Competition for World Cup spots<\/p>\n

Chopra also spoke about the competition for places in India\u2019s wider ODI group as the team prepares for the 2027 World Cup.\u201cYou have to think about who you can take along as reserves for the World Cup. So, there will be a toss-up here between Yashasvi Jaiswal<\/a> and Ruturaj Gaikwad, who are both part of this team, and whenever they\u2019ve played, they\u2019ve scored a lot of runs. So, I\u2019m looking at an opportunity opening up for one of these two,” Chopra said.He also backed fast bowler Auqib Nabi to make the most of his opportunity if he gets one.”Auqib Nabi has been travelling with the team for some time now but isn\u2019t getting a chance to play in the XI. If he gets his opportunity, I\u2019ll be quite excited to see him perform,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

India vs West Indies 2026 – Full Schedule<\/p>\n

DateMatchVenueTime (IST)Sep 271st ODIGreenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram2:00 PMSep 302nd ODIBarsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati2:00 PMOct 33rd ODIMaharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, New Chandigarh2:00 PMOct 61st T20IBharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow7:00 PMOct 92nd T20IJSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi7:00 PMOct 113rd T20IHolkar Stadium, Indore7:00 PMOct 144th T20IRajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad7:00 PMOct 175th T20IM. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru7:00 PM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rishabh Pant (Getty Images) Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra believes the Indian selectors have made up their mind…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[141080,112741,1721,114476,71657,7676,29986,101,56,54,55,15622],"class_list":["post-775908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-2027-odi-world-cup","tag-aakash-chopra","tag-cricket","tag-india-odi-squad","tag-india-vs-west-indies","tag-rishabh-pant","tag-ruturaj-gaikwad","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-yashasvi-jaiswal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}