CRICKET : CHRIS GAYLE RULED OUT OF TOURNAMENT AGAINST INDIA


Chris Gayle will miss the upcoming 5-match ODI series against India as he is still rehabilitating from injury. The 35-year old star batsman had missed out on the second Test against Bangladesh citing 'personal reasons'. The selectors have also left out middle-order batsman, Kirk Edwards and spinner, Nikita Miller, from the squad that whitewashed Bangladesh by a 3-0 margin last month.

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They have been recalls for pace bowler, Jerome Taylor, who also featured in the Tests against Bangladesh, middle-order batsman, Marlon Samuels, and top-order batsman, Dwayne Smith. Leon Johnson, who made an impressive Test debut against Bangladesh at St.Lucia also earns a call-up to the ODI squad.

The series gets going with the first ODI to be played in Kochi on October 8th.

Squad: Dwayne Bravo (c), Denesh Ramdin (wk), Darren Bravo, Jason Holder, Leon Johnson, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith and Jerome Taylor.