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Following a thumping outing in the three-match One-Day International (ODI) series, in which India won 3-0 against the Windies in the latter's backyard, the two sides are set to clash again, this time in a five-match Twent20 International (T20I). The opening game will be played on Friday at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago. However, the Men in Blue have suffered a setback, as wicketkeeper-opener KL Rahul contracted COVID last week and is yet to recover from the same thoroughly. Thus, he has been dropped from the side after being advised a one-week rest.
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"KL Rahul was earlier named in the squad, and his participation in the T20I series was subject to fitness. The batter tested positive for COVID-19 last week and has been advised rest by the BCCI medical team," BCCI secretary Jay Shah's statement confirmed.
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IND's squad for T20Is vs WI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel and Arshdeep Singh.
(With inputs from PTI)