Adrian Barath takings to WI squad for India Tests


Adrian Barath on Tuesday returns to the West Indies squad for the upcoming three-Test series in India after getting better from a hamstring injury.

The opener misses the continuing two-Test series in Bangladesh after distress the injury during the opening one-day international in Dhaka last month.

Barath, who scored a century in his Test entrance next to Australia in 2009, has so far made 350 runs in seven matches.

Opener Lendl Simmons, who replace Barath for the Tests in Bangladesh, will come back home after the ongoing second and final Test in Dhaka, according to a West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) press release.

There was immobile no place in the 15-man squad for unstable opener Chris Gayle following his difference with the WICB. He has not played for the West Indies since the World Cup previous this year.

The WICB last month ask Gayle to retract his bitter criticism of official and coach Otis Gibson in a radio interview if he required resurrecting his international career.

The West Indies play the first Test in Delhi from November 6, followed by matches in Kolkata (Nov 14-18) and Mumbai (Nov 22-26). They will also play five one-day internationals behind the Tests.

The one-day squad will be named later, the WICB said.

West Indies Test squad: Darren Sammy (capt), Adrian Barath, Carlton Baugh, Devendra Bishoo, Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Fidel Edwards, Kirk Edwards, Keiran Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Shane Shillingford.

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