Wicketkeeper-batter Shai Hope and quick bowler Oshane Thomas had been recalled as West Indies named a 15-member ‘provisional’ squad for the five-match T20 Worldwide collection in opposition to India, starting on Thursday at Tarouba.
All 15 members of the provisional squad, to be led by Rovman Powell, will journey to all matches. There’ll then be a 13-member squad for every match from which the ultimate XI will probably be chosen, the Cricket West Indies (CWI) stated.
The 29-year-old Hope, the West Indies captain within the three-match ODI collection, final performed a T20I in February final yr in Kolkata through the tour of India.
The 26-year-old Thomas, alternatively, is coming again after enjoying his final T20I in Karachi in December 2021.
Kyle Mayers has been named vice-captain within the squad introduced by the CWI senior males’s choice panel.
Lead selector Desmond Haynes stated the squad was chosen with subsequent yr’s ICC Males’s T20 World Cup at residence in thoughts.
“We’re varied plans as we attempt to discover the precise combos. As we put together; we wish to construct a unit which we consider can do the job after we host the worldwide occasion in slightly below a yr,” Haynes stated in a CWI assertion.
“We’ve some match-winners in our line-up and we are going to look to have the proper of preparation. We additionally produce other gamers who might come into consideration going ahead, with the Caribbean Premier League beginning subsequent month, others will come into the reckoning.”
The Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, Trinidad, will host the opening match on Thursday. The groups then transfer to the Guyana Nationwide Stadium for the second and third fixtures on August 6 and eight.
The collection will climax with the blockbuster weekend on the Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida (USA) for the ultimate two matches on August 12 and 13.