Shikhar Dhawan appointed captain of India’s ODI team for West Indies tour, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli rested

Shikhar Dhawan has been named the captain of India’s ODI team for the West Indies tour in July. India will play three ODIs in Port of Spain from July 22 to 27. Ravindra Jadeja has been made Shikhar Dhawan’s deputy.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been rested from the ODI squad while Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav and Shreyas Iyer have been picked in the squad. Both Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan have been kept in the team.

Deepak Hooda, who scored a sensational century against Ireland, has also been included in the team.

Rishabh Pant, who has been playing non-stop international cricket since the end of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, has been rested for the series. Notably, India’s Test regulars Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami were rested from the 5-match T20I series against South Africa at home in June, but Pant led the team in the absence of KL Rahul. who had fallen out together. Initially injured after becoming captain

The selectors’ decision to rest the star players begins five days after the completion of the limited-overs series in England, which will be played from July 7 to 17. Rohit Sharma will lead the team in the white-ball series, which begins on Thursday, July 7 in the first T20I.

India ODI team:

Shikhar Dhawan (C), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan , Famous Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh