West Indies have announced a 15-member squad for their upcoming three-match T20I series against Nepal in Sharjah later this month. With several senior players, including regular skipper Shai Hope, given rest, the team will be led by left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein, marking his first stint as captain across formats.
Fresh Faces in the Squad
The squad features five uncapped players:
- Ackeem Auguste (top-order batter)
- Navin Bidaisee (batting allrounder)
- Zishan Motara (legspinner)
- Ramon Simmonds (left-arm pacer)
- Amir Jangoo (wicketkeeper-batter)
Additionally, USA international Karima Gore, who played eight T20Is for the USA but is yet to represent West Indies, has earned a call-up after impressing in the CPL 2025 with 219 runs in 11 matches for Antigua and Barbuda Falcons.
“𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔.
Experience Around Hosein
The squad is balanced with experience, including allrounders Jason Holder, Fabian Allen, and Kyle Mayers. Hosein, the most capped T20I player in the squad, will be taking charge as captain for the first time.
In April 2024, West Indies A toured Nepal for a five-match T20 series. Despite Nepal losing the series, they secured two memorable victories, showing their growing potential in the shortest format.
“𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒎 𝒆𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒅,” 𝑯𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓.
Fixtures
The three T20Is will be played on:
- September 27
- September 29
- September 30
all in Sharjah.
West Indies Squad vs Nepal T20Is
Akeal Hosein (capt), Fabian Allen, Jewel Andrew, Ackeem Auguste, Navin Bidaisee, Jediah Blades, Keacy Carty, Karima Gore, Jason Holder, Amir Jangoo, Kyle Mayers, Obed McCoy, Zishan Motara, Ramon Simmonds, Shamar Springer
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