Sunil Narine back in the WI ODI squad as WI refurbish their squad

Sunil Narine back in the WI ODI squad as WI refurbish their squad: Highly reputed off spinner Sunil Narine has been included in the West Indies squads for the ODIs and T20Is in Sri Lanka in October after being forced to opt out of their 2015 World Cup campaign because of the conundrum that surrounded his bowling action.

There were eight changes from the squad that travelled to Australia and New Zealand: Chris Gayle was out of both squads after having a back surgery, but Darren Sammy, Suleimann Benn, Sheldon Cottrell, Nikita Miller, Lendl Simmons Kemar Roach, and Dwayne Smith were eliminated from the ODI set up.

Allrounders Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard continued to be kept out of the ODI set-up, a decision that was taken in advance by Phil Simmons, who was later suspended as West Indies coach for complaining there had been outside interference in the selection of the squad. Both players, despite the differences, however, were included in the T20I squad.

West Indies exited in the quarter finals of the 2015 ICC world cup and based on the performances of the players in the event players were excluded and included thusly.

Pacer Roach and left-arm spinner Benn played three matches each in the World Cup. Roach took only one wicket and went for 6.81 runs an over, while Benn claimed two and conceded 6.34 an over. Miller, another left-arm spinner, played only the one game in the tournament, while fast bowler Cottrell had sat on the bench throughout the campaign. Cottrell and Benn were also cut from the T20I squad.

Ravi Rampaul who played in the 2011 world cup made a comeback in both the formats after being ignored for selection even in the list of 30 probables in the 2015 world cup.

Legspinner Bishoo has not played an ODI or T20I for West Indies since October 2011, while wicketkeeper-batsman Fletcher has not played an ODI since May 2010. Allrounder Mohammed, who bowls part-time offspin, has played only one ODI, in December 2011.

Blackwood has not yet made his ODI debut, while Brathwaite had been left out of the World Cup squad after playing the preceding series in South Africa in January. Brathwaite, however, was dropped from the T20I squad after having been part of the tour to South Africa. Offspinner Ashley Nurse was the other player dropped from the T20I squad.

Narine has been involved in his long ordeal where he hasn’t played an international match since he was reported for a suspect action during the 2014 Champions League T20 and was disallowed to bowl in the final of the IPL. He took recuperative steps and was included in West Indies’ World Cup squad, but pulled out of the competition to give himself more time to work on his action. Narine however once again got himself trapped with his action during the 2015 IPL after the World Cup, and was given a final warning, though sanctions during the CLT20 and the IPL are not applicable to international cricket.

The limited-overs leg of the tour of Sri Lanka comes after the two-Test series and begins with the first of three ODIs on November 1. West Indies will be coached by the selector and former fast bowler Eldine Baptiste, following the suspension of Phil Simmons.

ODI squad: Jason Holder (capt), Devendra Bishoo, Jermaine Blackwood, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Jonathan Carter, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Jason Mohammed, Sunil Narine, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Taylor

T20I squad: Darren Sammy (capt), Samuel Badree, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Jonathan Carter, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Jason Holder, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Taylor