BCCI announced India’s squad for the T20I series against West Indies. The team will play three T20I under the regular captain, Rohit Sharma. Virat Kohli has been dropped from the T20I squad that will tour West Indies. KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav will return to the T20I side of India against West Indies subject to fitness. Their inclusion will depend on their fitness test. Kuldeep is being backed for his ability of chinaman bowling while the return of KL Rahul could re-shuffle the opening slot. With Rohit Sharma’s backing Kuldeep Yadav, R Ashwin, too, is a surprising inclusion to the squad. The team is under preparation for the upcoming T20I World Cup in Australia and recently wrapped up the T20I series against England with a win. The series win is being considered as a sign of India’s chances to win the world cup in Australia.
India’s squad for 5 T20Is:
Rohit Sharma (Captain)
Ishan Kishan
KL Rahul*
Suryakumar Yadav
Deepak Hooda
Shreyas Iyer
Dinesh Karthik
Rishabh Pant
Hardik Pandya
Ravindra Jadeja
Axar Patel
R Ashwin
Ravi Bishnoi
Kuldeep Yadav*
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Avesh Khan
Harshal Patel
Arshdeep Singh.
*KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav availability subject to fitness