Dhoni out as India name squads for West Indies series

Dhoni out as India name squads for West Indies series 2019.

India will be without Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the upcoming full tour (three T20Is, three ODIs and two Tests) of the West Indies, starting from August 3. The veteran keeper had conveyed his unavailability to the board.


 Star seamer Jasprit Bumrah has been rested from the ODI and T20 squads, but features in the Test party for a two-match contest.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya, who had groin injury during the World Cup, has been rested, while Vijay Shankar too is missing from the limited-overs squad as he hasn't fully recovered from the toe injury sustained during the marquee event.

 For the limited-overs leg of the tour, India have gone with a single wicketkeeping option in Rishabh Pant, while in the longer format Wriddihman Saha has been brought back following his full recovery since suffering an injury during the tour of South Africa in 2018.



 India kick-off their long tour with three-match T20I series, with the first two being played in Florida on August 3 and 4, before shifting base to Guyana for the last game on August 6. The three ODIs will then follow from August 8, before the two-Test series begins from August 22.



 India’s squad for ODI Squad:     Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kedar Jadhav, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Navdeep Saini



 India’s squad for T20I Squad:     Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (WK), Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini



 India’s squad for Test squad:     Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (WK) Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav