Mumbai
The Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI), on Thursday announced the Indian cricket squad for the upcoming tour of West Indies.
The All-India Senior Selection Committee met earlier today to select the India Cricket Team for the upcoming India’s tour of the West Indies, 2017.
Senior opener Rohit Sharma has been advised rest for the tour of West Indies tour. The talented wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant and chinaman Kuldeep Yadav were named in the 15-man squad picked here today.
Tamil Nadu’s Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Kedar Jadhav and Mohammad Shami, paceman Jasprit Bumrah have also been selected for the tour.
The other significant development is that Anil Kumble has agreed to go to West Indies.
In case of Rohit, who is coming back after a hamstring surgery, the team management probably doesn’t want him to play too many back to back matches as he has already played a month and a half of Indian Premier League followed by the Champions Trophy.
Before every match, Rohit is seen having sessions with Patrick Farhart who keeps a hawk eye on his fragile hamstring. It is pretty clear that Indian team management wanted Rohit to play this tourney desperately and then give him rest so that there isn’t too much pressure on his body.
In case of Bumrah, there has been tremendous workload since the start of IPL and West Indies tour will give Mohammed Shami some good game time.
With Rohit not there, Pant could be a choice for opener but as has been the norm, Ajinkya Rahane will be the top contender to open the innings with Shikhar Dhawan.
Pant will certainly feature in the single T20 International, having already made his debut.
Chinaman Kuldeep, after a lion-hearted show in the Dharamsala Test against Australia makes it to the ODI squad after the 2014 series against Sri Lanka, where he did not get a game.
Kuldeep has been on coach Kumble's radar for a long time now and even chairman of selectors Prasad feels he is one for the future.
The West Indies tour consists of 5 ODI’s and 1 T20 International starting on 23rd of June.
The squad:
Virat Kohli (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Ajinkya Rahane, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Yuvraj Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav and Dinesh Karthik.
Visit news.dtnext.in to explore our interactive epaper!
Download the DT Next app for more exciting features!
Click here for iOS
Click here for Android