Shikhar Dhawan to lead ODI series in West Indies tour

Mumbai: Shikhar Dhawan will lead India ODI series in their tour of West Indies. Ace all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will be his deputy, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Wednesday.

India will play three ODIs in Trinidad, starting on July 22. The matches will be played in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah are the notable absentees as the All-India Senior Selection Committee picked a 16-member squad for the upcoming ODI series against the West Indies.

Squad: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh (UNI)