The Indian squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series against the West Indies was announced by the BCCI on July 14, 2022, Monday. The team will be traveling to the Caribbean for a series of three ODIs as well, which will be played before the T20Is.
The BCCI already announced the squad for the ODIs, which will be captained by Shikhar Dhawan and features lots of fringe players who are looking to make their mark in the Indian team.
However, given that the T20 World Cup 2022 is just around the corner, the focus is on the shortest format of the game.
The first T20I match between West Indies and India will be played in Tarouba, Trinidad on July 29. The second and third t20Is will be played in Basseterre on August 1 and 2, while the last two T20Is will be played in Florida, USA on August 6 and 7.
Virat Kohli was rested by the BCCI, as expected. The remainder of the squad is more or less similar to those played in the second and third T20Is against England.
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Captain Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, and Rishabh Pant were named in the squad with the likes of Deepak Hooda, Ishan Kishan, and Shreyas Iyer retaining their spots in the batting unit.
In the bowling department, Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal were rested, while Umran Malik missed out.
However, R Ashwin was recalled after some time out of white-ball contention. Ravi Bishnoi, Akshar Patel Ravindra Jadeja joined Ashwin in the spin department.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, and Harshal Patel will make up the fast bowling contingent.
Also included in the squad were KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav, but their selection will be based on their fitness.
Here is the Indian team squad for the West Indies T20I series:
Rohit Sharma (C), I 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.
*Inclusion of KL Rahul & Kuldeep Yadav is subject to fitness.
