Chennai, First Published Jan 27, 2022, 3:11 PM IST
The Indian team, which lost both the Test and ODI series on the tour of South Africa, will next play three ODIs and three T20I series against the West Indies. There will be 3 ODIs on February 6, 9 and 11 and 3 T20s on February 16, 18 and 20.
The Indian squads for the series were announced last night. India’s senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been ruled out of both the T20 and ODI series.
Ashwin was named in India’s squad for the T20 series against New Zealand at the end of last year, four years after 2017, and in the ODI squad against South Africa. Ashwin, who gave a comeback to the Indian team in white cricket 4 years later, did not fare as well as expected.
Meanwhile, while Ashwin was overlooked in the ODI and T20 series against the West Indies, Kuldeep was again included in the ODI squad. Kuldeep-Sahal pair reunited in India squad So doubts arose among the fans as to whether Ashwin was once again sidelined in white cricket.
It is not surprising that the BCCI, which had cited the reason for not including Hardik Pandya, Jadeja, Bumra and Shami in the squad, did not clarify only about Ashwin’s omission and whether he was sidelined.
It has been reported that Ashwin was not included in the Indian squad due to injury. It has been reported that he was not included in the Indian squad for the West Indies series due to injuries to his wrist and ankle during the series against South Africa.
Indian ODI team:
Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Rudraj Kejriwal, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pund (wicket-keeper), Deepak Sahar, Shardul Thackeray, Yugh Washington Sunder, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan.
Indian T20 team:
Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Ishant Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pund (wicket-keeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Sahar, Shardul Tagore, Ravi Bishnoir, Akh, Washington Sunder, Mohammad Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Herschelle Patel.
Last Updated Jan 27, 2022, 3:11 PM IST