Andre Russell recalled to West Indies T20I squad after two-year absence

Andre Russell has been named in West Indies' T20I set-up for the first time since the 2021 T20 World Cup, as part of a 15-man squad to face England in next week's five-match series in the Caribbean. Russell, 35, has spent the previous month in the UAE, where his Deccan Warriors group lost to New York Strikers in the last of the Abu Dhabi T10 on Saturday. He will connect up with the crew in Barbados this week, with the principal T20I starting off at Bridgetown on Tuesday. Matthew Forde, the uncapped 21-year-old allrounder, has additionally been named in the crew after his lady call-up to the ODI set-up this month, while Sherfane Rutherford is likewise, harking back to the T20 figuring interestingly starting around 2020. Gudakesh Motie, who dazzled with his left-arm turn in the second ODI against Britain in Antigua, has been reviewed to the crew subsequent to missing the new India visit through injury. Nicholas Pooran and Jason Holder, both of whom have been inaccessible for 50-over determination as of late, additionally return. The five-match series against Britain, the protecting T20 Title holders, is a significant organizing post for West Indies in front of their co-facilitating of the following T20 World Cup, close by the USA, in June and July 2024. Shai Trust, West Indies' skipper and stand-apart player in the continuous ODIs, has been named as bad habit commander to Rovman Powell, while Johnson Charles, Obed McCoy, Odean Smith and Oshane Thomas all pass up choice having highlighted against India in August. "This will be the last home T20I series for the West Indies in 2023, as they get ready to be one of the two host groups for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in the West Indies and USA in June 2024," Desmond Haynes, CWI's lead selector, said. "We have chosen a crew that we think allows us the best opportunity of outcome in that competition. We will keep on surveying leading the pack up to the opposition." The determination board has the chance for crew changes in front of the last two matches of the series, in Trinidad on December 19 and 21. West Indies squad Rovman Powell (capt), Shai Hope (vc), Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder,Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Gudakesh Motie, Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd