Gayle, Bravo, Pollard, Russell missing as Windies announce inexperienced ODI squad
As if the Test series was not non-competitive enough, the Windies management has now decided to hand chances to young players resting the likes of Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell for ODIs. The likes of Kieron Pollard and Andre Russell, however, return for the T20Is.
Windies have decided to go with a relatively inexperienced squad for the five-match ODI series that will succeed the ongoing Test series as the Chairman of the West Indies selection panel, Stuart Browne stated that the management wanted to hand their youngsters a chance.Â
“The upcoming tour of India provides a great opportunity to expose some of our young
While the likes of Pollard and Darren Bravo would be returning to the squad for the three-match T20I series, Gayle has apparently made himself unavailable for selection for both the Indian tours as well as Bangladesh. Browne clarified that the explosive opener would return for next year’s England tour and the 2019 World Cup.
With India already looking the firm favourites in all the three formats of the game, Pollard and Bravo could come in handy for the visitors despite their long absence from the side. While Pollard had last played for the Windies in T20Is back in September 2017, Bravo hasn’t been playing for the team since November 2016.
ODI squad:Â Jason Holder (c), Fabian Allen, Sunil Ambris, Devendra Bishoo, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Evin Lewis, Ashley Nurse, Keemo Paul, Rovman Powell, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Oshane Thomas
T20I squad:Â Carlos Brathwaite (c), Fabian Allen, Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Evin Lewis, Obed McCoy, Ashley Nurse, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Kieron Pollard, Rovman Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Oshane Thomas