Andre Russell was out of the West Indies team for a long time. He was not seen in the national jersey after the 2021 T20 World Cup. After two years, the 35-year-old Russell has been called up to the T20 format.
Cricket West Indies named Rovman Powell as captain for the five-match Twenty20 series against England. The vice-captain of the team is Shai Hope.
Recently, pace-all-rounder Russell has been busy in the T-Ten franchise tournament in the United Arab Emirates. After a long time, he will fly to Barbados after being called to the national team. If he gets a place in the eleven, he can be seen in the first T20 against the English on Tuesday.
21-year-old all-rounder Matthew Ford has been called up for the first time in the shorter format. He was also in the ODI team against the English. Sherfan Rutherford is also included in the squad for the first time since 2020. Gudakesh Moti who played in the ODI series is also there.
The first of the five-match T20 series will be played in Bridgetown on December 12. Then West Indies-England will face each other on December 14, 16, 20 and 22 respectively.
West Indies T20 squad: Rovman Powell (captain), Shai Hope (vice-captain), Roston Chase, Matthew Ford, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Aqeel Hossain, Alzhari Joseph, Brendan King, Kyle Meyers, Gudakesh Moti, Nicholas Pooran , Andre Russell, Sherfan Rutherford and Romario Shepherd.
