India vs West Indies ODI series: Shikhar Dhawan to lead side, Ravindra Jadeja named deputy; Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli among those rested

Shikhar Dhawan was on Wednesday named India captain for the three ODIs towards the West Indies within the absence of standard skipper Rohit Sharma, whereas Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant had been amongst those that have been rested for the sequence starting on July 22 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Two different senior gamers, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami have additionally been rested. Hardik Pandya, who just lately made his India comeback following a profitable IPL, can also be not part of the facet.

Deepak Hooda, Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Avesh Khan, who should not a part of ODI squad for the sequence in England starting July 12, have been included within the 16-member staff for the West Indies tour.

Shubman Gill, who final performed an ODI in December 2020, has additionally obtained the selectors’ nod.

Ravindra Jadeja has been named Dhawan’s deputy for the sequence.

Dhawan, who solely performs ODI, had first captained the facet throughout the tour of Sri Lanka final yr when the Take a look at specialists had been in England.

There was criticism from some quarters relating to the appointment of too many captains of the Indian staff over the previous one yr with Bumrah, Pant, Rahul, Hardik, Dhawan main the facet as a result of scheduling and harm points, and as a part of workload administration.

All of the three video games will probably be performed in Port of Spain.

The video games within the West Indies are the one ODIs India will play earlier than the T20 World Cup in Australia and subsequently, senior gamers being rested doesn’t come solely as a shock.

After the ODIs, India will play 5 T20Is towards the West Indies within the Caribbean and the US, the squad for which is but to be introduced.

Contemplating each T20I recreation is necessary earlier than the World Cup in Australia, the senior gamers are more likely to return for the five-match sequence to be performed from July 29 to August 7. The T20I matches will probably be performed in Trinidad, St Kitts and Lauderhill in Florida.

The ODI Squad: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Ravin dra Jadeja (vice-captain), 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.