BENGALURU: India have recalled fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar for Saturday’s deciding Twenty20 international against West Indies as Arshdeep Singh continues his recovery from a shoulder injury, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said on Friday.
Arshdeep sustained a blow to his bowling shoulder during the fourth T20I in Hyderabad and retired hurt after being struck while batting, as West Indies levelled the five-match series at 2-2.
A decision on Arshdeep’s availability for the series decider in Bengaluru will be taken before the match.
Bhuvneshwar, 36, returns to India’s T20I setup for the first time in nearly four years. The seamer has also been named in India’s squad for their T20I series in New Zealand, which begins on October 22.
India squad: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Naman Dhir, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
