India vs Windies | Evin Lewis backs out from India tour citing personal reasons
Opener Evin Lewis has withdrawn himself from the national limited-overs team amidst the ongoing tour of India citing personal reasons for the withdrawal. Kieran Powell will replace Lewis in the ODI squad and Nicholas Pooran will be his replacement for the T20I series to follow.
The Windies cricket team were clearly outdone in the recently-concluded Test series against India, which the former lost by a margin of 2-0. There was more grief to follow post the loss in the second Test at Hyderabad as Windies coach Stuart Law was suspended for the first two ODIs after making "inappropriate comments" to the umpires.
And now, Mumbai Indians player and Windies opener Evin Lewis has revealed that his decision to back out from the ongoing tour of India
Lewis had recently declined a CWI central contract as he chose to follow the route taken by some of the established stars like Chris Gayle and Andre Russell in
21-year old pacer Obed McCoy, who was already named in the T20 squad, will also join the ODI squad after being chosen as Alzarri Joseph's replacement. The ODI series is scheduled to begin on October 21 in Guwahati.
ODI squad: Jason Holder (C), Fabian Allen, Sunil Ambris, Devendra Bishoo, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Obed McCoy, Ashley Nurse, Keemo Paul, Kieran Powell, Rovman Powell, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Oshane Thomas
T20I squad: Carlos Brathwaite (C), Fabian Allen, Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Obed McCoy, Ashley Nurse, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Oshane Thomas
