West Indies selectors on Friday opposed the impulse to concede Chris Gayle a nostalgic last Test appearance on home ground when the charming opener was precluded from the squad to confront India in a two-coordinate arrangement. The 39-year-old Gayle played the remainder of his 103 Tests in September 2014, yet had implied during the World Cup this year that he was available to playing one more Test before cutting down the window ornament on his global vocation
Gayle has made 7,214 keeps running in Test cricket with a most elevated score of 333 however his vocation as of late has been bound to white-ball cricket and establishment T20 alliances.
In spite of the second of the two-Test arrangement against India being played at his home ground of Sabina Park in Jamaica from August 30-September 3, it would seem that Gayle’s last worldwide appearance in the Caribbean will rather be next Wednesday in the third ODI in Port of Spain.
The interval West Indies determination board has kept confidence with for all intents and purposes the squad that earned a 2-1 arrangement triumph over England prior this year in the Caribbean, aside from harmed quick bowler Alzarri Joseph and left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican.
Off-spinner Rahkeem Cornwall could make his hotly anticipated Test debut, beginning with the opening match August 22-26 at his home Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua.
The 26-year-old Cornwall has taken 260 wickets at 23.90 each in 55 five star matches.
“Rahkeem has been performing reliably over a significant lot of time and has demonstrated to be a match-champ, so we accept his height to the Test squad is justified as of now,” said board boss Robert Haynes.
West Indies ‘A’ group commander Shamarh Brooks is the main other uncapped player in the squad.
All-rounder Keemo Paul, a swap for Test skipper Jason Holder when he was compelled to miss the last Test of the England arrangement, holds his place in the squad.
“Alzarri is experiencing therapeutic work and we are checking his recuperation, however we don’t think he is prepared at this point to most recent five days of an exhausting Test coordinate,” included Haynes.
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