Powar ruled out of first Windies one-dayer

MUMBAI: India off-spinner Ramesh Powar has been ruled out of the opening one-dayer against the West Indies in Jamaica due to injury, a senior BCCI official said on Wednesday.

The 27-year-old all-rounder twisted his ankle during practice on Monday and sat out of the warm-up match against Jamaica at Montego Bay on Tuesday.

"I received an e-mail from John Gloster (physiotherapist) that Powar will miss the first one-dayer (on Thursday)," board secretary Niranjan Shah told Reuters.

India will play five one-dayers and four tests in the West Indies. The tourists scored a convincing 116-run victory over Jamaica XI in their warm-up match.