Lendl Simmons ruled out of India tour due to injury

NEW DELHI, India –The West Indies Cricket Board advised today that batsman Lendl Simmons has been ruled out of the ongoing tour of India. He has a back injury and will return to Trinidad to continue his rehabilitation.

 

The WICB Selection Panel will name a replacement player in the coming days.

 

FULL SQUAD (with shirt numbers)

47. Dwayne Bravo (Captain)

62. Sulieman Benn

46. Darren Bravo

98. Jason Holder

59. Leon Johnson

55. Kieron Pollard

88. Denesh Ramdin

14. Ravi Rampaul

24. Kemar Roach

12. Andre Russell

88. Darren Sammy

7. Marlon Samuels

50. Dwayne Smith

75. Jerome Taylor

 

SCHEDULE OF MATCHES

October

Fri 3: vs India A won by 9 wickets at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Sun 5: vs India A won by 16 runs at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Wed 8: 1st ODI – West Indies won by 124 runs at Nehru Stadium, Kochi

Sat 11: 2nd ODI – India won by 48 runs at Ferozshah Kotla, Delhi

Tue 14: 3rd ODI at Reddy Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Fri 17: 4th ODI at HPCA Stadium, Dharmasala

Mon 20:5th ODI at Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Wed 22: T20 International at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

Sat 25-Mon 27: vs BCCI President’s XI at Green Park, Kanpur

Thu 30-November Mon 3: 1st Test at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad

Fri 7-Tue 11: 2nd Test at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Sat 15-Wed 19: 3rd Test at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

 

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