Indian squad for ODI series for the West Indies tour announced, Shikhar Dhawan named captain

The Indian Cricket Board on Wednesday announced the ODI team that will tour West Indies later this July. Shikhar Dhawan has been named the captain of the squad, with Ravindra Jadeja being assigned the role of the vice-captain. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Avesh Khan have received their maiden ODI call-up.

The senior players Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami and Rishabh Pant have been rested for the series as they will be playing the T20 and ODI series against England after the rescheduled fifth Test.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya has also been rested for the series.

Deepak Hooda has also been called back to the ODI squad following his heroics in the T20 series against Ireland.

The three ODIs will be played on the 22^nd, 24^th and 27^th of July at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad.

#TeamIndia ODI 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

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 6, 2022

Keeping in mind the 20-20 world cup 2022, which is just four months away, the selection committee decided to rest the senior Players for the ODI series. The squad for the T20 series will be announced after the completion of the 5-match T20 series against England.

The Indian team will play a three-match-ODI series followed by a five-match T20 series in the West Indies. After these 10 T20Is teams India will play the Asia Cup which will be contested in the T20 format this year starting 27^th August.

With not much time left for the 20-20 world cup, Team India will be looking to finally settle their squad and finalise the team that will be playing in the Marquee tournament this year.

Team India are desperately looking for a spin duo to settle in the squad before both 20-20 and the ODI world cup after the magic of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal faded away.

Team India squad for ODI series against West Indies:

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