India vs West Indies ODIs: Akshar Patel Gets National Call-up

Akshar Patel is the latest inclusion in the national squad for the last two Odis between India and the West Indies to be played at Dharamshala and Kolkata on October 17 and October 20, respectively. The team was picked in Mumbai on Tuesday.

Left-arm spinner Patel, who is a Kings XI Punjab regular, has also made the Team India cut for the one-off T20 against the West Indians. Batsman Manish Pandey, who plays for Kolkata Knight Riders, has also been included. The match will be played in Cuttack on October 22.

Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma will make a return to first-class cricket. He has been picked for the Suresh Raina-led BCCI President's XI squad that will play a three-day match against the Caribbeans in Kanpur from October 25.

SQUADS

For ODIS: M.S. Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Murali Vijay, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel.

For one-off ODI: M.S. Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Stuart Binny, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Karn Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Sanju Samson, Manish Pandey, Umesh Yadav

Board President's squad for the three-day game against the West Indies, to be played at Kanpur from October 25-27: Suresh Raina, Jiwanjot Singh, K.L. Rahul, Naman Ojha, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Wriddhiman Saha, Karun Nair, Parvez Rasool, Pankaj Singh, Ishwar Pandey, Jasprit Bumrah, Karn Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav.