Guyanese batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan [ Images ] has been recalled to the West Indies [ Images ] squad for the World Cup starting on the Indian sub-continent next month, the West Indies Cricket Board said on Wednesday.
Sarwan was dropped for a tour of Sri Lanka [ Images ] in November after the selectors expressed concerns over his fitness and he has not played for the West Indies since a one-day series against South Africa [ Images ] last June.
Darren Sammy will skipper a team, which does not feature pace bowler Jerome Taylor [ Images ] but includes another Jamaican in all-rounder, Andre Russell, who has played in one Test but has yet to appear in a full one-day international.
Jamaican wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh has been selected ahead of Denesh Ramdin [ Images ] while Twenty20 [ Images ] specialist, the big-hitting Kieron Pollard, is also included.
Prior to the tournament opening on February 19, the squad will play three one-day internationals against Sri Lanka starting on January 31.
Squad: Darren Sammy (captain), Adrian Barath, Carlton Baugh, Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo [ Images ], Shivnarine Chanderpaul [ Images ], Chris Gayle [ Images ], Nikita Miller, Kieron Pollard, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon Smith [ Images ].
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