Team India National Selectors led by MSK Prasad have announced the squad on Thursday (June 16). Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah are the players from the Champions Trophy 2017 squad who are rested for this tour."Rohit has come back and really had a full IPL season, which has been hectic. They reached the final, so he got lesser rest than anyone else. Plus he had a massive hip surgery, so muscles around that area are always vulnerable, and today also he felt a bit of stiffness in his right knee" - Virat Kohli spoke to the media after win against Bangladesh in the second semifinal.
"There is no doubt about Rohit's ability and what he brings to the team. We need to protect him going further, because latter half of the year we have massive tours coming up, and his batting contribution will be a huge factor for us", added Virat Kohli.
Wicket keeper batsman Rishabh Pant and chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav have been included in the squad that travels to Carribean.
When India announced the squad for the Champions Trophy, the selectors had said they had discussed both Pant and Kuldeep, but went with experience for the big tournament. The two were part of the five players kept on standby should there be need for an injury replacement. The chairman of selectors, MSK Prasad, had called them players for the future.
India will play a total of 5 One-Day Internations (ODIs) and a single Twenty 20 (T20I) game starting from 23rd June 2017 to 09th July 2017.
Squad: Virat Kohli (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Ajinkya Rahane, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Yuvraj Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav and Dinesh Karthik.
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