The Boardof Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced Indian squads (ODIs,T20Is and Tests) for the upcoming tour of the West Indies. India will play twoTests, three ODIs and three T20Is during the tour, which will begin with theT20Is series from August 3 to 8. The first two of the T20Is will be played inFlorida, USA.
Interestingly, after former Indian skipper and wicketkeeper-batsman, MS Dhoni made himself "unavailable" for two-months, the MSK Prasad-led selection panel named Rishabh Pant as the first-choice wicketkeeper in all three formats. Also, ODI and T20I vice-captain Rohit Sharma returned to the Test side after December 2018. Pacer Jasprit Bumrah rested for T20Is and ODIs, while Shikhar Dhawan made a comeback after injury.
Here'sthe team for the WI tour:
- India's squad for 3 T20Is: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (WK), Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini.
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 21, 2019
- India's squad for 3 ODIs: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kedar Jadhav, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Navdeep Saini.
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 21, 2019
- India's squad for 2 Tests: Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, C Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (WK) Wriddhiman Saha (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav.
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 21, 2019
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