Windies pick Kyle Hope, Sunil Ambris for remaining ODIs against India

Two new players, Kyle Hope and Sunil Ambris, have been added to the West Indies squad for the remainder of the ongoing five-match ODI series against India. While Hope, who is the brother of West Indies regular Shai, is a top order batsman, Ambris is a wicketkeeper-batsman. The duo replaced middle-order batsman Jonathan Carter and fast medium bowler, Kesrick Williams in the squad.

After the first game was washed out, India took the lead in the series in the second match in Port of Spain. Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli starred with the bat while Kuldeep Yadav delivered the goods with the ball for India as they cruised to a comfortable 105-run win. The series resumes on 30 June 2017 at North Sound, Antigua.

Courtney Browne, Chairman of selectors, CWI, talking about the two new additions said, “Sunil Ambris and Kyle Hope are two very promising young batsmen who have been selected on the basis of strong performances in our competitions.

“Kyle opened on our last “A” Team One-Day tour to Sri Lanka and had some very good performances. In addition, he also had a good showing opening the batting for the Trinidad & Tobago Red Force franchise in this year’s PCL competition.

“Sunil did well in our Regional Super50 One-Day tournament and also had a good showing in this year’s Professional Cricket League (PCL) first-class tournament for Windward Islands Volcanoes and therefore will fit within our middle order. They will be up against a good Indian team and they have an opportunity to show their skills and contribute to a stronger team performance,” Browne stated.

Windies squad for the remainder of the series:

Jason Holder (C), Sunil Ambris, Devendra Bishoo, Roston Chase, Miguel Cummins, Kyle Hope, Shai Hope (wk), Alzarri Joseph, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammed, Ashley Nurse, Kieran Powell, Rovman Powell