R. Ashwin, K.L. Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav have been recalled while Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli and Yuzvendra Chahal have been rested for India’s five-match T20I series versus the West Indies, to be played in July-August. Ashwin, the off-spinner, previously featured in a T20I last November and is likely to be tried out in the PowerPlays with an eye on the T20 World Cup to be played in Australia from October.
Subject to fitness
Rahul and Kuldeep, however, will have to clear a fitness test, having recovered from injuries and ailments over the last couple of months, before being made available for the series.