India's pace spearhead has been advised rest for a sore ankle as a precautionary measure ahead of the ODI series against West Indies.
Mohammed Siraj has been released from India's squad for the ODI series against West Indies that commences today, 27 July in Bridgetown.
Siraj has been advised rest by the BCCI medical team as a precautionary measure for a sore ankle ahead of a busy period for India which includes a home World Cup.
West Indies' fans, however, would do well not to mistake the lack of a wider context for a lack of purpose. While it would be easy to look at the team's failure to qualify for the World Cup as a sign of their unstoppable decline as a cricketing force, the reality isn't quite so abject. The top Associate teams have made white-ball cricket more competitive now than it ever has been, and the gap between the world's ninth-best and 13th-best ODI teams has never been narrower. It just so happens that the sport is growing when its World Cup has shrunk.
West Indies will do well, then, to put the Qualifier behind them, put the World Cup out of their minds, and stop worrying about history. Shai Hope and Brandon King shouldn't have to feel worse about missing out on the World Cup than Brandon McMullen or Harry Tector do just because they happen to play for a team that once featured Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards.
The future of West Indies cricket is too tangled up in the sport's economics and geopolitics for one set of players to have any real influence on it. What they can do in this series, however, is stay in the present, pay attention to the next ball, and then the one after it, and let their opponents worry about things like World.
ODI Series Squad List for India
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav & Virat Kohli
WKs: Ishan Kishan & Sanju Samson
All-rounders: Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya & Ravindra Jadeja
Bowlers: Jaydev Unadkat, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umran Malik & Yuzvendra Chahal.
ODI Series Squad List for West Indies
Batters: Brandon King, Keacy Carty, Rovman Powell & Shimron Hetmyer
Wks: Shai Hope (c)
All-rounders: Alick Athinaze Kyle Mayers, Romario Shephard
Bowlers: Alzarri Joseph, Dominic Drakes, Gudakesh Motie, Jayden Seales, Kevin Sinclair, Oshane Thomas & Yannic Cariah.
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