Shikhar Dhawan will captain the Indian team on the West Indies tour
Shikhar Dhawan will captain the Indian team on the West Indies tour
Shikhar Dhawan has been given another chance to lead India’s ODI team on the Caribbean tour later this month, with Ravindra Jadeja touring the West Indies with him in a 16-man squad. Designated captains Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant and Mohammed Shami have been rested for the three-match series, while KL Rahul, who recently underwent surgery for a sports hernia, has been selected. was not considered for.
Shubman Gill makes his ODI return after the Australia tour in December 2020, while Sanju Samson is back after a year, having played his only ODI so far in Sri Lanka last July. Samson and Ishan Kishan are the two wicketkeepers in the team.
Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh has been included in the squad for the ODIs against England later this month. Along with the famous Krishna, Mohammad Siraj and Shardul Thakur have been given a place in the team. Yuzvendra Chahal, Jadeja and Axar Patel will handle the spin attack.
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Avesh Khan and Deepak Hooda, who were dropped from the ODI squad in England, have all been included in the West Indies tour. Opener Gaikwad and pacer are uncapped in the away format, with Hooda playing two ODIs, making his debut against West Indies this February.
Shikhar Dhawan, now largely seen as a player of one format, will be leading India in the series for the second time. Last July, he led a second-string team on a white-ball tour of Sri Lanka.
Like Rahul, Deepak Chahar and Kuldeep Yadav were also dropped by the selectors, both recovering from injuries. Washington Sundar, meanwhile, is in the final stages of his rehab, after which he will leave for England for a short county stint with Lancashire.
India’s tour of the Caribbean will begin on July 22 with ODIs in Trinidad. They will also play five T20Is in Trinidad, St Kitts and Nevis and Florida (USA) before the tour ends on 7 August.
India ODI squad: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (vc), Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal , Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Famous Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh