The West Indies Cricket Board has said that it had received confirmation from the International Cricket Council that its Technical Committee has approved Kirk Edwards and Devon Thomas replacing the injured Adrian Barath and Carlton Baugh. Edwards, the right handed Barbadian strokemaker, and Thomas, the effervescent Antigua wicketkeeper/batsman, will depart the Caribbean this evening and are scheduled to join the West Indies World Cup squad in India on February 21.
The West Indies opening match will be against South Africa at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on February 24.
The Caribbean team then face The Netherlands (February 28, Delhi), Bangladesh (March 4, Dhaka), Ireland (March 11, Mohali), England (March 17, Chennai), and India (March 20, Chennai).
SQUAD: Darren Sammy (Captain), Dwayne Bravo (Vice Captain), Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Shiv Chanderpaul, Kirk Edwards, Chris Gayle, Nikita Miller, Kieron Pollard, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon Smith, Devon Thomas.




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