Shikhar Dhawan was named captain because the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday introduced a 16-member squad for the three-match One-Day International sequence in opposition to West Indies which begins on July 22 on the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
It is a new-look squad with numerous common names lacking – like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya.
Ravindra Jadeja was named the vice-captain, with Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson being the 2 wicketkeepers within the squad.
India are additionally scheduled to play a five-match T20I sequence within the West Indies after the 50-over matches.
India’s ODI squad for WI tour:
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, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.
