Indian ODI squad for West Indies tour announced; Dhawan named captain
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the ODI squad for the West Indies tour. Shikhar Dhawan has been made the captain for the ODI series. At the same time, senior players have been rested. The Indian team will be on the West Indies tour from July 22 to August 7. During this, the team will play three ODIs and five T20s.
Dhawan has been the captain of Team India even before this. He captained the Indian team on the Sri Lanka tour last year. On that tour too, the coach of Team India was Rahul Dravid. Team India has also got a new vice-captain. Ravindra Jadeja will be the vice-captain of the ODI team on the West Indies tour. He has been given this responsibility for the first time. However, Team India for the T20 series has not been announced yet.
Indian team for ODI series
Shikhar Dhawan (C), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan , Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh
Senior players including Rohit-Virat rested
BCCI has rested senior players for the ODI series on the West Indies tour. Regular captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Mohammed Shami have been rested. All these players are in Team India for the ODI series against England from July 12 to July 17.
These players returned to the ODI team
Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Avesh Khan have returned to the ODI team. Rituraj Gaikwad and Avesh Khan can make their ODI debut in this series. Shubman Gill played the last ODI match against Australia in December 2020. He has a total of 49 runs in three ODIs.
Deepak Hooda made his ODI debut against West Indies in the month of February this year. He also played his last ODI match in the same series. Samson played the only ODI match for India against Sri Lanka in the month of July last year.
West Indies vs India ODI series schedule
1st ODI: Queen’s Park Oval, 22 July
2nd ODI: Queen’s Park Oval, July 24
3rd ODI: Queen’s Park Oval, July 27
West Indies vs India T20 Series Schedule
1st T20: Trinidad, 29 July
Second T20: St Kitts, August 1
3rd T20: St Kitts, August 2
4th T20: Lauderhill, Florida, August 6
Fifth T20: Lauderhill, Florida, August 7
