Rishabh Pant received his maiden One-Day International (ODI) call as the BCCI announced India’s 14-man squad on Thursday for the first two games against West Indies.
Rishabh Pant received his maiden One-Day International (ODI) call as the BCCI announced India’s 14-man squad on Thursday for the first two games against West Indies.
He replaced the other wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik as MS Dhoni retained his place in the team.
India’s allrounders Kedar Jadhav and Hardik Pandya have still not recovered from their respective injuries and Jadhav could come back after the first two ODIs.
Karthik could not convert starts into big scores at the Asia Cup and finished with a total of 146 in six matches, missing the opportunity to secure the number four spot India have been looking to fill ahead of the 50-over World Cup next year.
Captain Virat Kohli has returned to the squad after missing the Asia Cup, but quick bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah were rested.
After proving his fitness in test matches against England and West Indies, fast bowler Mohammed Shami was added to the one-day squad to bolster the pace attack.
Fast bowlers Deepak Chahar and Siddarth Kaul, who featured in one match each at the Asia Cup, were left out while left-arm quick Khaleel Ahmed kept his place in the squad.
The five-match ODI series kicks off in Guwahati on Oct. 21 before moving to Visakhapatnam on Oct. 24. Pune, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram will host the other three matches.
India lead the test series 1-0 ahead of the second and final match in Hyderabad, which begins on Friday.
ODI squad: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Khakeel Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, KL Rahul, Yuzvendra Chahal
(With agency inputs)
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