West Indies announce T20 squad against Pakistan

West Indies announce T20 squad against Pakistan

West Indies have announced an 18-member squad for the scheduled home T20 series against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan.  

All-rounders Andre Russell, Shimron Hetmeyer and Sheldon Cottrell are back in the squad.  Caron Pollard has been retained as the team's captain, while Nicholas Puran will be the vice-captain. 

 The West Indies will play a total of 15 T20 Internationals against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan at home. 

 The squad announced by the selection committee includes Caron Pollard (captain), Nicholas Puran, Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Fidel Edwards, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmeyer, Jason Holder, Aqeel Hussain, Avon Lewis and Obaid McCoy.  , Andre Russell, Ocean Thomas and Hayden Walsh Jr. 

 The West Indies will play a series of 5 T20 Internationals against South Africa from June 26 to July 3. 

 All matches will be played in Grenada.  Five T20 matches against Australia will be played in St. Lucia while five matches against Pakistan will be played in Barbados and Guyana. 

The first match against Pakistan will start on July 27 while the last T20 match is scheduled on August 20.  After which there is no T20 match scheduled in West Indies home series this year