West Indies Women’s squad for India tour announced, Stafanie Taylor ruled out

On Wednesday, November 27, the Cricket West Indies (CWI) introduced the West Indies Girls’s Nationwide Cricket Crew squad for the white-ball sequence towards India Girls’s Nationwide Cricket Crew.

The West Indies Girls’s Nationwide Cricket Crew will likely be touring to India for a three-match ODI sequence and a three-match T20I sequence. The T20Is will likely be performed on December 15, 17, and 19 on the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai whereas the ODIs will likely be performed on December 22, 24, and 27 on the Reliance Stadium in Vadodara.

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Stafanie Taylor dominated out of India sequence, Deandra Dottin returns

West Indies Girls’s Nationwide Cricket Crew are presently ranked sixth in ICC T20I and ODI Rankings and the sequence towards India is predicted to be a difficult one for them.

They are going to be enjoying the matches towards India with out their star all-rounder Stafanie Taylor, who has been dominated out with an harm. Notably, she is presently present process her rehabilitation program and won’t get slot in time for the India sequence.

In the meantime, Deandra Dottin will likely be making her comeback to ODI cricket within the sequence towards India. She only in the near past made her worldwide cricket return from a retirement within the T20 World Cup 2024.

In the meantime, the squad of the Maroon Warriors additionally noticed the return of pacer Shabika Gajnabi and wicketkeeper-batter Rashada Williams. Notably, the duo weren’t a part of the T20 World Cup squad of the facet.

We wish to take the great momentum we gained on the T20 World Cup – Shane Deitz

In an official media launch, the West Indies Girls’s Head Coach Shane Deitz stated that they wish to proceed performing effectively in worldwide cricket following their current success on the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup 2024. Shane stated:

“We wish to take the great momentum we gained on the T20 World Cup into this sequence. We confirmed that we will compete towards the highest groups which was pleasing.”

Shane additional stated that there have been numerous enhancements within the group throughout all of the areas, however nonetheless, there are issues that may be completed higher.

“Since I’ve taken over, I’ve seen enhancements in all areas, however we nonetheless have an extended strategy to go. The consistency of high-level efficiency is what we have to maintain working in direction of and this can be a good alternative to play six matches towards the most effective groups on the planet,” he added.

“We wish to get extra women concerned with franchise cricket transferring ahead and looking out towards India, it is all the time good to play in entrance of the Indian IPL groups. It’s good for our girls to start out getting their names in entrance of these folks, to hopefully open some alternatives sooner or later.”

West Indies ODI and T20I squad for India tour

Hayley Matthews (capt), Shemaine Campbelle (vice-capt), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shamilia Connell, Nerissa Crafton, Deandra Dottin, Afy Fletcher, Shabika Gajnabi, Chinelle Henry, Zaida James, Qiana Joseph, Mandy Mangru, Ashmini Munisar, Karishma Ramharack, Rashada Williams