Fit-again Rohit to lead India for WI series; Kuldeep back for ODIs
Mumbai. Indian opener Rohit Sharma has gotten back to the Indian group as skipper for the restricted overs series against the West Indies while chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav has likewise returned. The All India Selection Committee on Wednesday night declared the 18-part Indian crew for the impending ODI and T20I series against the West Indies. The Indian group will play three ODIs from February 6 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, while the T20 series will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata from February 16.
India had as of late lost both the Test and ODI series in South Africa. Lokesh Rahul was the skipper in those series, who will presently assume control over the obligation of bad habit captaincy. Kuldeep Yadav is making a rebound in the group after quite a while pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been refreshed. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is likewise not in the group while Ravindra Jadeja, who has not been completely fit till now, has additionally not been chosen. Three ODIs will be played in Ahmedabad on February 6, 9 and 11 while three T20 matches will be played in Kolkata on February 16, 18 and 20.
ODI crew: Rohit Sharma (skipper), Lokesh Rahul (bad habit chief), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav , Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammad Siraj, Famous Krishna, Avesh Khan
T20 crew: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Lokesh Rahul (Vice-Captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Md. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel (talk)
