Chadwick Walton and Sheldon Cottrell have been recalled into a 13-man West Indies squad to take on Bangladesh in the three-match T20I series beginning in St. Kitts on July 31.
“We have rested Chris Gayle and have added left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell for variety to the bowling attack,” chairman of selectors Courtney Browne said. “The team reflects the last squad that performed well in the charity match in the UK.” Marlon Samuels, who missed the ODI series due to rehabilitation for a knee injury, retained his place in the T20I squad from Lord’s.
Cottrell was a part of the ODI squad against Bangladesh, playing the third ODI and taking figures of 1 for 59 in nine overs. He last played a T20I in January this year, against New Zealand. He comes back into the squad in place of Rayad Emrit.
Just prior to the Bangladesh limited-overs series, both Cottrell and Emrit competed in the Global T20 Canada tournament. Emrit took seven wickets in six matches for Winnipeg Hawks – including a 4 for 28 in the eliminator – at an average of 23.71 but Cottrell shone for the champions Vancouver Knights, finishing as the tournament’s leading wicket-taker with 16 scalps in eight matches at 14.25.
Walton also played for the Knights, finishing ninth overall in runs with a tally of 183 and a strike rate of 156.41. Besides Cottrell and Walton, Evin Lewis and Andre Russell are other players in the West Indies T20I squad who also played for the champion Knights, a squad that was captained by Gayle.
Russell had recently injured his hamstring in the first ODI against Bangladesh and missed the two subsequent matches after that. It was feared that his recurring injury may have aggravated, but his inclusion in the T20 squad is a sign that the injury isn’t too serious.
After the first match in St. Kitts on Tuesday night, the final two T20Is will be played on August 4 and 5 in Florida at the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill. It is the third series visit to Lauderhill for West Indies, following matches there against New Zealand in 2012 and India in 2016, while Bangladesh will be making their Florida debut.
West Indies T20I squad
Carlos Brathwaite (capt.), Samuel Badree, Sheldon Cottrell, Andre Fletcher, Evin Lewis, Ashley Nurse, Keemo Paul, Rovman Powell, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Chadwick Walton (wk), Kesrick Williams
IN: Sheldon Cottrell, Chadwick Walton
OUT: Chris Gayle, Rayad Emrit
Source : espncricinfo
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