India vs West Indies Squad announced: Kohli and Bumrah missing out.
Rohit Sharma will be continuing his captaincy in this tour and will be leading team India on the tour of West Indies starting on 22nd July shortly after India finishes touring England, the former world cup champion.
Virat Kohli, the former captain, and Bumrah, the in-form bowler who has been spectacular, will not be included in the squad this time, whereas we will see Ashwin and KL Rahul return to the team.
The All India Senior Selection Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has named the squad that will be traveling to the West Indies for this 5-match T20i series.
Rohit Sharma will be showcasing his leadership once again with the likes of Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah missing out. Although this will make space for the returning KL Rahul, who has previously been spectacular for Team India and showed his batting prowess, he is returning from an injury after a month, and therefore his inclusion will be subject to his fitness. Ravichandran Ashwin, the veteran, has also earned his spot back in the team and we could see Yuzvendra Chahal, the leg spinner, missing out. News agency PTI reported that Kohli and Bumrah had both been rested for the series, although there was no mention of the same in the BCCI release and tweet.
Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan, and Shreyas Iyer are all going to be a part of the T20 squad for the upcoming tour of West Indies, the five-match t20i series will begin on the 29th July just after the 3 match ODI series against West Indies that begins on the 22nd July 2022.
Along with the likes of these players, Kuldeep Yadav is also named in the squad but his selection would be subject to fitness as well, whereas the express pacer talent Umran Malik has not been recalled for this series, although the left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh sees himself getting included in the squad.
The ODI series squad was already announced earlier and we would see Rohit Sharma, Kohli, Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah rested in the three-match ODI series against the West Indies.
All the pressure would be on the youngsters who want to cement their spot in the upcoming T20 world cup, Deepak Hooda, Arshdeep Singh, and Avesh Khan would be looking to showcase what they are made of before the ICC T20I World Cup begins in Australia in the month of October.
KL Rahul’s return will be crucial as India is looking forward to strengthening their top order due to the struggling form of Virat Kohli in recent fixtures.
India vs West Indies Squad for the upcoming series is
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
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