World Champions West Indies have left 2016 hero Carlos Brathwaite out of their squad for the 2021 T20 World Cup.
Ravi Rampaul has been called into the West Indies squad for the first time since 2015 in a left-field pick.
Rampaul returns for World Cup
Roger Harper, lead selector for Cricket West Indies said that Rampaul’s ability to pick up wickets had won him a place in the group.
“Ravi will boost the team’s wicket-taking options in the power-play and the middle phase and will provide another option for the death overs,” Harper said.
Harper did not address the absence of Brathwaite who has not featured for the West Indies in any format since 2019.
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Test regular Roston Chase is another notable name in the 15, earning a T20I call-up for the first time, thanks largely to his brilliant form in the Caribbean Premier League.
“Roston Chase has shown that he is a very capable T20 player,” Harper said. He has shown the ability to knit the innings together while still scoring at a fast rate with a low dot-ball percentage. He will be an excellent foil for the explosive players in the team.”
West Indies get their title defence underway in Abu Dhabi on 23 October against the very country they beat in the final five years ago, England.
West Indies and England will be joined in Group 1 by South Africa, Australia, and two qualifiers from the preliminary round. Only the top two finishers of the six will reach the knockout stages.
T20 World Cup squads – West Indies
Squad: Kieron Pollard (Captain), Nicholas Pooran (Vice Captain), Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Roston Chase, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Evin Lewis, Obed McCoy, Lendl Simmons, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh jr
Reserves: Darren Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein
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