00:00The West Indies will play Bangladesh in three T20 internationals on December 15th, 17th
00:06and 19th with all matches in St. Vincent.
00:08St. Lucian batsman Johnson Charles, who missed the past two series due to injury, is once
00:14again in the side.
00:16Being called up for the first time for this format is Casey Carty, who scored 246 runs
00:21at this year's CPL, which included one half century.
00:25The team will be captained by Ravman Powell, with Brandon King as vice-captain.
00:30The other members in the squad are as follows – Casey Carty, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase,
00:37Justin Graves, Terence Hines, Akhil Hossain, Alzari Joseph, Evan Lewis, Obed McCoy, Gudakesh
00:44Moti, Nicholas Puran, Romario Shepard and Shamar Springer.
00:49Just a point of note, after the first two games, left arm spinner Hossain is out as
00:55he will be involved in the Big Bash League, replacing him for the final match's pacer
00:59Jaden Seals.
01:00Shea Hope and Sheafane Rutherford will not be available for the entire series as they
01:05too are part of the Big Bash Down Under.
01:08Since the focus is on preparations for the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka,
01:14coach Darren Sammy says that is the reason for picking this squad.
01:18He says quote, the squad was carefully selected with the players available to us and I believe
01:24this is our most settled squad with the experience needed to win championships.
01:29Unquote.
01:30Vinod Nawani, T6 Sport.
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