Youngsters earn call-up as India name T20I squad for West Indies
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tilak Varma earned call-ups to the Indian team for the T20I leg of the West Indies tour with the seniors, including Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, continuing to miss out.
Mukesh Kumar, who was also named in the Test and ODI squad, earned a T20I call-up while Sanju Samson also returned to the squad as wicketkeeper.
There was no room for Jitesh Sharma, who was the back-up keeper in the last series against New Zealand at home. Rahul Tripathi. Washington Sundar, Deepak Hooda and Shivam Mavi, all of whom were part of the New Zealand T20Is, miss out.
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Ishan Kishan and Samson are the wicketkeeping options in the squad.
Ravi Bishnoi returned to the squad with Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav retained as spin options alongside Axar Patel. Ravindra Jadeja has not been named in the squad.
Ruturaj Gaikwad, who was initially named in the T20Is for the New Zealand series, is not part of the squad named with Tilak Varma, who enjoyed a stellar IPL season pipping him.
Jaiswal, who was also in great nick in the IPL, gets in and could be in line to open the batting alongside Shubman Gill.
Umran Malik, Avesh Khan, Mukesh and Arshdeep Singh form the pace department with Hardik Pandya expected to chip in with a few overs of pace himself after he returned to bowling fitness during the IPL.
**India’s T20I squad:**Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Surya Kumar Yadav (VC), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya (C), Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.