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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Thursday named the squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series against West Indies. which will be played in the Caribbean and the United States of America (USA), which will begin from July 29 onwards.

The BCCI already announced the squad for the ODIs, which will be captained by Shikhar Dhawan and feature lots of fringe players who are looking to make their mark on the Indian team.

Rohit Sharma will be leading the side while Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah are not in the squad. News Reports said that Virat Kohli and Bumrah have both been rested for the series West indies tour. KL Rahul is back in the fold after being sidelined due to injury last month. However, his inclusion is subject to fitness.

The first T20I match between West Indies and India will be played in Tarouba, Trinidad on July 29.

The second and third T20Is will be played in Basseterre on August 1 and 2, while the last two T20Is will be played in Florida, the USA on August 6 and 7.

Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has also recall for the T20 Squad, while leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was not named in the squad.

Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, and Ishan Kishan are all part of the T20I squad for the upcoming series against West Indies.

The five-match T20I series against West Indies will begin on July 29. There will be a three-match ODI series that will be played before the T20Is, beginning July 22.

Kuldeep Yadav has also been named in the squad, but his inclusion is also subject to fitness. left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh has been named for the T20Is.

Earlier, the squad for the ODI series against West Indies was named and the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, and Jasprit Bumrah were all rested. Veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan will lead the team in the ODIs.

Kohli has been struggling for form off late and also missed India’s 1st ODI against England due to a groin strain. His participation in the 2nd ODI later today is also in doubt due to the injury.

Rohit Sharma (C), I Kishan, KL Rahul*, Suryakumar Yadav, D Hooda, S Iyer, D Karthik, R Pant, H Pandya, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, R Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav*, B Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

*Inclusion of KL Rahul & Kuldeep Yadav is subject to fitness.

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 14, 2022

Rohit Sharma (C), I Kishan, KL Rahul*, Suryakumar Yadav, D Hooda, S Iyer, D Karthik, R Pant, H Pandya, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, R Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav*, B Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

*Inclusion of KL Rahul & Kuldeep Yadav is subject to fitness.

Bangladesh defeated West Indies by nine wicket to win the second ODI and take unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

Beaten by six wickets in the first match at the same venue on Sunday, Bangladesh made West Indies bat first and bowled out the home side for 108 in 35 overs on Wednesday, and then took less than 21 overs to reach the target comfortably in a nine-wicket win.

Bangladesh’s array of spin bowling talent combined to skittle the West Indies for just 108 with the visitors now heavily favoured to complete a series-clinching victory in the second one-day international of a three-match series at the Guyana National Stadium on Wednesday.

West Indies couldn’t handle spin again, as man of the match Nasum Ahmed (3-19) took his first ODI wickets to start the West Indies collapse and Mehidy Hasan Miraz finished the rout with 4-29.

The home side rode some early luck when openers Kyle Mayers survived a messed-up stumping chance off Mehidy, and Shai Hope overturned an lbw decision to Nasum but the batters didn’t last much longer.

Mayers was bowled by Mosaddek Hossain trying to defend on the front foot, before Shamarh Brooks was bowled by Nasum for his first ODI wicket in his second match.

Mosaddek caught Hope who mishit an attempted slog sweep, and in the same over Nasum got captain Nicholas Pooran dragging on.

West Indies were 4-45 and Nasum had 3-9 from six overs, three of them maidens.

Mosaddek bowled out his 10 overs by the 25th over, taking 1-37, but the pressure he and Nasum built led to West Indies taking more frustrated swings.

Rovman Powell was out for 13 trying to flick medium-pacer Shoriful Islam, and Brandon King charged and missed Mehidy to be bowled on 11.

In reply, Bangladesh chased down the target in just 20.4 overs.

Tamim finished the game with his seventh boundary to be 50 not out off 62 balls for his 53rd ODI fifty, while Litton was 32 not out off 27 with six boundaries. Gudakesh Motie got the wicket of Najmul Hossain Shanto.

At the post-match presentation West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran :

“Tough, tough day. We didn’t show up as a batting group. We need to sit and chat about how we need to play ODI cricket. Obviously, the conditions didn’t help us today but whenever we get good batting tracks, we need to plan how to bat better in this format. Difficult to say (about the par score) as the wicket gets better as the day progresses. Losing the toss, it was challenging for the batters. We need to find different ways to score. The guys tried but it didn’t work. Definitely we need to bat properly, to win games we have to put runs on the board and need to find a way to play ODI cricket better. Need to stick together and hopefully we can get better. Toss does play a big factor. It’s about accepting challenges and showing fight.”

USA qualified for the semi-finals with victories on the second day of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier B.

They need one more win on Friday to qualify for a cricket World Cup for the first time.

The prize is a place at the T20 World Cup in Australia in October, and another victory in the semifinals will clinch it for the USA.

USA openers Steven Taylor and Monank Patel were dropped in the first and second overs of the innings respectively and they made the most of the opportunities by laying a solid foundation. At the end of the powerplay, the USA were 72 for none.

It was after the powerplay stage that Singapore made inroads with the wickets of Monank and Aaron Jones.

Taylor, too, followed suit after contributing a crucial 31-ball 58.

However, the fall of wickets did not affect USA’s scoring rate with attacking batter Jaskaran Malhotra taking charge.

In his 33-ball stay at the crease, he smashed 58 runs, including two fours and four sixes.

USA finished on a strong 201/6 — their highest T20I team total.

In reply, Saurabh Netravalkar’s dream spell ripped Singapore’s line-up apart.

First, he struck twice on the first two deliveries he bowled and finished the same over with another scalp a 3-wicket maiden over.

In his next over, he added another wicket to his tally. While Cameron Stevenson chipped away with one wicket, leaving Singapore teetering at 22/5 by the end of the powerplay.

The damage was already done as Singapore struggled to fight back, and continued to lose wickets.

They were bowled out for 69 in 15.2 overs, with the USA securing their second win of the tournament. Netravalkar finished with 5/12 the best figures in men’s T20Is for the USA.

The U.S. has easily beaten Jersey and Singapore in its first two games at a qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe.

The West Indies team entered the three ODI matches after finishing the Test and T20 series with great success. But the hosts suffered a heavy defeat in the very first match.

Due to rain, the match was limited to 41 overs and the West Indian players, who batted first, scored 149 runs for the loss of 09 wickets. In batting, Sharmarh Brooks scored 33 runs, Anderson Phillip 21 runs and Nicholas Pooran scored 18 runs.

Bangladesh scored 151 runs for the loss of only 04 wickets in 31 overs and won easily by six wickets. Mahamudullah 41 runs, Najmul Shanto 37 runs and Tamim iqbal 33 runs. Hossain, Motty and Puran shared one wicket each.

However, captain Nicholas Pooran said after the match that he is hopeful about the tournament as there are two more matches left.

“We know Bangladesh has had us in the last couple of series, but that’s OK. I feel like we’re still gonna win this series.We’ll get the opportunity to come again on Wednesday. We just need to continue believing, staying in the fight.”

The skipper believed that Shai Hope was the best batsman in the team and his early dismissal in the first match was a major reason for the change in the match.

“He’s our best batsman in this format and losing him first ball tough. But we know the guy, we know he’s gonna come back.”

He believes that the team’s fielding is a reflection of the fact that it is currently at a very good level. He asked the management and coaching staff, fans, media and everyone to continue to support the team.

“We definitely have been fielding better as a group – taking catches, diving around. It is a really young team. We reflect a lot, we do a lot of homework and we’re trying to get better as a team and as cricketers.”

As well as,

“You see the guys running around with energy and I can’t ask for any more as a captain on the field. I just hope that we can continue to learn, we could continue to get the support of the management and the coaching staff, the fans, the media, and everyone. Just continue to back us and I believe we will do brilliant things in the future.”

Gudakesh Motie was lucky to play his debut match at home. He took his first ODI wicket there and managed to finish with figures of 1-18 in 9 overs.

“Fantastic getting his opportunity in front of his home crowd and he delivered, unfortunately on the losing side. We’re expecting him to continue to bowl like this, not only in this series but in the future.”

Fast bowler Keemo Paul tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and has been replaced by Romario Shepherd, who was a reserve in the squad in the 13-member squad to face Bangladesh in the three-match One-Day International Series.

Shepherd was originally a reserve but will now replace Keemo Paul, who tested positive for COVID-19 and is therefore unavailable. Odean Smith has been added as the reserve.

Romario Shepherd Played recent concluded T20 Series against Bangladesh and he was a leading wicket-taker with 6 wickets including a career-best 3-21 in the first T20I at Windsor Park, Dominica.

West Indies ODI squad: Nicholas Pooran (captain), Shai Hope (vice-captain), Shamarh Brooks, Keacy Carty, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Gudakesh Motie, Anderson Phillip, Rovman Powell, Jayden Seales, Romario Shepherd.

Reserve: Odean Smith

The CG United ODI Series is due to bowl off on Sunday. First ball is 9:30am (8:30am Jamaica Time).