10 West Indies gamers pull out of Bangladesh tour owing to Covid fears

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Cricket West Indies (CWI) claimed Examination captain Jason Holder and minimal-overs skipper Kieron Pollard are amid 10 gamers who have preferred not to vacation to Bangladesh for their future tour because of to concerns about the novel coronavirus.

West Indies are thanks to play 3 a single-working day internationals and two Assessments in Chattogram and Dhaka starting off from Jan. 20.

Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Roston Chase, Sheldon Cottrell, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer and Nicholas Pooran are the other players who opted out of the sequence.

Fabian Allen and Shane Dowrich are also unavailable thanks to particular causes.

This will be West Indies’ 3rd tour given that the resumption of global cricket right after the Covid-19 hiatus, adhering to their outings to England and New Zealand.

Bravo, Hetmyer and Keemo Paul experienced opted out of the tour to England thanks to problems about Covid-19.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board did not promptly react to a Reuters request for remark.

Kraigg Brathwaite will captain the Check group in Holder’s absence, although Jason Mohammed will lead the restricted overs side.

Best-order batsman Kavem Hodge has acquired his maiden get in touch with-up to the Examination squad, although all-rounder Akeal Hosein and remaining-handed batsman Kjorn Ottley acquired their to start with ODI connect with-ups.

“Although a quantity of the senior gamers are lacking in the two formats, I expect our groups to be extremely competitive,” CWI Guide Selector Roger Harper explained.

“I expect our players to engage in with function, with enthusiasm and with the motivation to verify that they belong at this amount.”

West Indies are scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Jan. 10. The ODI series is to be performed from Jan. 20 followed by the Exam sequence from Feb. 3.

Bangladesh has claimed around 511,000 bacterial infections and much more than 7,500 deaths from the novel coronavirus.

Take a look at squad: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Jermaine Blackwood, Nkrumah Bonner, John Campbell, Rahkeem Cornwall, Joshua Da Silva, Shannon Gabriel, Kavem Hodge, Alzarri Joseph, Kyle Mayers, Shayne Moseley, Veerasammy Permaul, Kemar Roach, Raymon Reifer, Jomel Warrican.

ODI squad: Jason Mohammed (c), Sunil Ambris, Nkrumah Bonner, Joshua Da Silva, Jahmar Hamilton, Chemar Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Kyle Mayers, Andre McCarthy, Kjorn Ottley, Rovman Powell, Raymon Reifer, Romario Shepherd, Hayden Walsh jr.