Ishan Kishan and Shahrukh Khan found a place in India’s 15-man squad for the first ODI against the West Indies. The game, the opener of a three-match series, will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Sunday. 

 “The All-India Senior Selection Committee has added Ishan Kishan and Shahrukh Khan to India’s squad for the first ODI against the West Indies to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday,” The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed in an official statement. 

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Kishan, as Rohit Sharma said ahead of the first ODI, will open open alongside the skipper, who will be leading the team for the first time in a full-time role. 

Kishan was drafted into the ODI squad after Shikhar Dhawan and Ruturaj Gaikwad tested positive for COVID-19 and are now in isolation.

“Ishan Kishan is the only option we have and he will open with me,” Rohit said on the eve of the series-opener.

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“Mayank was added to the squad and he is still in isolation. He came (joined) late and we have some rules in place. If someone is travelling, we have to put them in (mandatory 3-day) quarantine. He has still not finished his quarantine, so Ishan will open the innings.

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“Unless there’s an injury as we have a training today and there is nothing of that sort,” he added.

Squad for the 1st ODI: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Ishan Kishan, Shahrukh Khan