India vs Windies: Hosts announce the 12-man squad for Eden Gardens T20I

A couple of players may end up making their T20I debuts.

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India have thoroughly been dominant in their home Test and ODI series against Windies. While they thumped their opponents 2-0 in the red-ball fixtures, Virat Kohli and Co slapped the Caribbean team with a 3-1 defeat in the One Day matches. The hosts are now scheduled to play a three-match T20I series against Carlos Brathwaite’s men, starting tomorrow.

The opening match will be played at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata, the very venue where the Windies won the 2016 World Cup, defeating England in the final courtesy of Brathwaite’s last over heroics against all-round cricketer Ben Stokes. In the meantime, the Indian team management has announced a strong 12-man squad for the upcoming encounter.

A couple of newcomers

Rohit Sharma is set to return as the captain after the Asia Cup as Kohli has been rested prior to the Australia tour, which starts on November 21. The Nagpur-born batsman is set to open along with Shikhar Dhawan. KL Rahul, who didn’t get to play a single match in the Test and the ODI series, may get his maiden chance to show his prowess.

Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik are the wicketkeepers, but the former is set to don the wicketkeeping gloves in the upcoming encounter. All-rounder Krunal Pandya is yet to make his international debut while Khaleel Ahmed would be looking to break into the T20I side as well after his stellar performances in the ODI series against the Caribbean team.

The fast bowling department has the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah, two of India’s gun limited-overs bowlers in the last couple of years. The spin twin of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav has also been included in the squad.

Here is the squad

Rohit Sharma (C), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal

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