India call up Bhuvneshwar for West Indies T20 finale with doubt over Singh

Bhuvneshwar Kumar added to India squad for 5th and last T20 of bid with West Indies, arsenic Arshdeep Singh a doubt.

India ‌have ⁠added Bhuvneshwar Kumar to the squad for the 5th and deciding Twenty20 International (T20I) against West ⁠Indies.

The accelerated bowler comes successful arsenic screen for Arshdeep Singh, who continues his betterment from a enarthrosis injury, the country’s ⁠cricket committee said connected Friday.

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Arshdeep sustained a stroke to his bowling enarthrosis during the 4th T20 International successful Hyderabad and retired ‌hurt. He was struck portion batting arsenic the West Indies levelled the five-match bid astatine 2-2.

A determination connected Arshdeep’s availability for the bid decider successful Bengaluru connected Saturday volition beryllium taken earlier ⁠the match.

Bhuvneshwar, 36, ⁠returns to India’s T20I setup for the archetypal clip successful astir 4 years.

The seamer has besides ⁠been named successful India’s squad for the T20 International bid successful ⁠New Zealand, which begins ⁠on October 22.

India person doubly led the series, but two centuries for West Indies skipper Shai Hope person evened matters successful each of the pursuing games.

The 2nd lucifer of the bid besides marked the West Indies’ record chase successful a T20 International.

The hosts assertion a 2-1 bid triumph successful the One-Day Internationals that preceded the T20s, though Hope’s period successful the 3rd lucifer led West Indies to a grounds tally chase.

India squad:

Shreyas Iyer (c), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson (w), Tilak Varma, ‌Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Prince ‌Yadav, ‌Mayank Yadav, Naman Dhir, Bhuvneshwar Kumar