The West Indies will be seeking to bounce back from their three-match One-Day International (ODI) series loss to Sri Lanka when the sides turn their attention to the two-match T20I series in Pallekele on Wednesday. With eight months to go to the seventh staging of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, each passing series has the WINDIES squad progressing to the version that is expected to defend their title in Australia come October. The latest addition to the squad being the dangerous Andre Russell.
Russell, who Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) Lead Selector, Roger Harper, mentioned will add “potency” to the squad, returns to the West Indies T20 side for the first time since August 2018. While the continued absence of Evin Lewis sees a return to the shortest format for wicketkeeper-batsman Shai Hope; Russell is joined by fellow Jamaicans, Oshane Thomas, and Fabian Allen, as the other returnees to this format for the visitors. However, there was no place in the squad for power-hitter Sherfane Rutherford or left-arm spinner Khary Pierre—who was also dropped from the ODI squad.
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