5 Indians who should be included in the squad for the Tests against West Indies

The Indian cricket team are facing quite a packed schedule. After an intense tour of England, they are currently taking part in the Asia Cup. Shortly after the Asia Cup, they will host West Indies for two Tests, five ODIs, and three T20Is before they travel down under for the all-important tour to Australia.

Given the workload, the BCCI will probably look to rest a few players for the series against West Indies, keeping in mind the tour to Australia.

There are a lot of players who have not been given a chance to play for India yet but who definitely deserve to play, given the form that they are in.

So, let's take a look at five such players who the team management should consider to keep in the squad for the series against West Indies which begins on October 4 with the first Test.

#5 Mayank Agarwal

The 28-year-old from Karnataka seems to have done everything humanly possible to get himself in the eyes of the team management. However, despite breaking records and scoring plently of runs in the domestic circuit for Karnataka, he has constantly been overlooked by the selectors.

He was the leading run-scorer in the Ranji Trophy last year. He performed extremely well in the recently concluded India A series as well, scoring lots of runs.

He is currently playing for Karnataka in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and is performing quite well there too. He will be hoping for the selectors to pick him for the Tests against West Indies so that he can prove to them what he is made of and probably cement his place in the side for the future as well.

#4 Khaleel Ahmed

The young pacer, who proved himself in the Under-19 World Cup last year, recently made his ODI debut in the Asia Cup in the first match against Hong Kong. He proved to be extremely useful as he picked up three wickets in the match.

India have a lot of right-arm seamers at the moment and Khaleel's inclusion in the team as a left-arm pacer is just what the team need.

He could be one for the future for India.

#3 Mohammed Siraj

The tall pacer from Hyderabad has been in sensational form off-late. He picked 15 wickets in two matches in India A's tour to England and followed that up with an exceptional performance against South Africa A as well, picking up 14 wickets.

He has already made his T20I debut for India but did not find much success. He will hope to turn things around in the longer format of the game if he is given a chance.

#2 Abhinav Mukund

The veteran player from Tamil Nadu would have found it quite unlucky that he did not was not selected in the squad for the final two Tests against England last month.

He has been in great form in the domestic circuit, scoring runs aplenty for his state. The last time he played a Test for India, he ended up scoring 82 runs against Sri Lanka.

The selectors should give him another chance and the series against West Indies would be a perfect opportunity for him to prove himself.

#1 Parthiv Patel

The veteran wicketkeeper-batsman was overlooked for the Test series against England, with Rishabh Pant being given a chance instead.

While Pant will most likely be the number one choice behind the stumps against West Indies as well, Parthiv should be included as the back-up in place of Dinesh Karthik, who failed to perform in the Tests against England.