India opener Shikhar Dhawan is set to lead the country as he has been appointed the skipper for the upcoming series against West Indies.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been named as Dhawan’s deputy in a 16-member squad that has notable absentees.
BCCI has given rest to several key members of the squad for the ODI series, including regular captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, and Mohammed Shami as well as the injured K.L Rahul.
The 36-year-old Dhawan previously led India in three ODIs last year on the tour of Sri Lanka when other senior players were involved with the Test side in England. As in that series, he’ll have Ruturaj Gaikwad as a possible opening partner with India also including Shubman Gill into the ODI side for the first time since the tour of Australia in December 2020.
Meanwhile, Sanju Samson is also back after a year, having played his lone ODI so far in Sri Lanka last July. Samson and Ishan Kishan are the two wicketkeepers in the squad.
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Here’s the squad
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
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