Squad for West Indies Tests to be announced on Oct 29

The Indian squad for next month's two-Test series against the West Indies will be picked in Nagpur on October 29, BCCI sources revealed.

The five-man selection committee, headed by Sandeep Patil, will meet in the afternoon, a day before India's sixth and penultimate ODI against Australia, to choose the Test squad to play the visiting Windies at Kolkata and Mumbai.

The opening Test of the short series is from November 6 to 10 at the Eden Gardens, while the second and last game, also the farewell and landmark 200th Test of senior cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, from November 14 to 18 at the Wankhede stadium.