Srinagar: J&K Premier pacer Umran Malik has been included as BCCI on Wednesday announced the squad for the T20I series against West Indies.
“The Senior Men’s Selection Committee on Wednesday picked India’s squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series against West Indies to be played in the Caribbean Islands and in Florida, USA,” BCCI statement said.
Umran Malik is already part of the ODI squad and now will be heading to USA with Team India.
Meanwhile in a surprise Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been dropped from T20I squad with Hardik Pandya appointed as Captain.
India’s T20I squad: Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Surya Kumar Yadav (VC), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya (C), Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.