CALCUTTA (India): Fast bowler Mohammed Shami returned to the T20I squad for the series against the West Indies in December after a gap of two years ago.
The BCCI senior selection committee met here on Thursday to pick the squad that will be led by captain Virat Kohli while Rohit Sharma will be his deputy.
Shikhar Dhawan also got a look in the longer run, but the left-handed batsman suffered a knee injury in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 fixture on Thursday and received multiple stitches. But he is expected to be fit in a week’s time.
The first match against the Caribbeans starts in Mumbai on December 6.
Mayank Agarwal, who made a strong case for a limited-overs call up, has to wait along with Kerala batsman Sanju Samson.
The selectors decided to continue with Rishabh Pant as the first-choice wicketkeeper-batsman.
T20I Squad: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami.
ODI Squad: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami.
