Some surprise selections as India announce team for West Indies Tour

The All-India Senior Selection Committee announced the Indian squad for the West Indies tour. The Committee met today in Mumbai to take some tough decision and decide on the Indian Cricket Team for the upcoming tour of West Indies. India will be touring the Caribbean island from 3rd August to 3rd September to play 3 T20Is, 3 ODIs and 2 Tests.

India’s squad for 3 T20Is: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (Wicket-keeper), Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini

India’s squad for 3 ODIs: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (Wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kedar Jadhav, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Navdeep Saini

India’s squad for 2 Tests: Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (Wicket-keeper), Wriddhiman Saha (Wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav

Earlier, Dhoni had made himself unavailable for selection, deciding to dedicate the next 2 months to Parachute Regiment of Territorial Army.

Fixtures for the tour are as mentioned below:

India’s tour of West Indies, 2019

Sr. No. Date Match Venue
1 3rd August 1st T20I Fort Lauderhill
2 4th August 2nd T20I Fort Lauderhill
3 6th August 3rd T20I Guyana
4 8th August 1st ODI Guyana
5 11th August 2nd ODI Trinidad
6 14th August 3rd ODI Trinidad
7 22nd -26th August 1st Test Antigua
8 30th Aug -3rd September 2nd Test Jamaica

 

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