West Indies Squad Announced for T20’s and ODI’s against India
Defending T20 world champions will take on India for 3 T20I’s and 3 ODI’s to be held in India from December 6 to December 22.
Highlights
- Kieron Pollard will lead the team for both T20I’s and ODI’s.
- The same team is announced that recently played against Afghanistan
Today West Indies announced their squad for their upcoming Tour of India starting from December 6th to December 22.
The Visitors will play 3 T20I’s and 3 ODI’s starting from the first T20 to held in Hyderabad followed by Thiruvananthapuram and final T20i to be held in Mumbai between December 6 to December 11.
ODI section of the series will start from December 15 till December 22nd. The two teams will then meet each other in ODIs at Chennai, Vizag and Cuttack. The selectors have said they have a very good chance to measure their skillset especially in ODI’s against India because they(India) are a quality side on any given day.
Coach Phill Simon Said: We have three matches in each format, so we wanted to give each squad a chance to compete against India.
Nicholas Pooran will hold the reigns of deputy for T20I’s and Shai Hope will take on as Vice Captain for One Dayers.
Selectors said the upcoming T20I world cup is going to held in Australia(2020) and the one after that is here in India (2021) so there is a lot of preparation to be done for first for Australia, so we have given the players here a chance in this series and we know we have players outside who may be coming in later on as well, so it’s good to give those here another opportunity.
Squads:
West Indies ODI Squad: Sunil Ambris, Shai Hope, Khary Pierre, Rostan Chase, Alzarri Joseph, Kieron Pollard ©, Sheldon Cottrell, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Evin Lewis, Romario Shepherd, Jason Holder, Keemo Paul, Hayden Walsh Jr.
West Indies T20 squad: Fabian Allen, Brandon King, Denesh Ramdin, Sheldon Cottrell, Evin Lewis, Sherfane Rutherford, Shimron Hetmyer, Khary Pierre, Lendl Simmons, Jason Holder, Kieron Pollard ©, Hayden Walsh Jr, Keemo Paul, Nicholas Pooran, Kesrick Williams.
