PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) Senior Men’s Selection Panel named Romario Shepherd in the 13-member squad to face India in the opening match of the CG United ODI Series powered by Goldmedal.

Shepherd was originally a reserve but will now replace Jason Holder, who tested positive for COVID-19 and is therefore unavailable. Holder joined the team on Monday and complained of feeling unwell on Thursday. He was tested on Thursday and will now remain insolation under the care of the CWI Medical Team.

The CG United ODI Series powered by Goldmedal, bowls off on Friday morning at the Queen’s Park Oval. First ball is 9:30am (8:30am Jamaica Time/7pm India Time).

Fans can purchase their tickets at tickets.windiestickets.com or via www.windiescricket.com/tickets avoiding the need to queue at the box office and allows fans to choose their preferred seat in advance . The Windies Tickets service, presented by Mastercard, provides advance tickets for every West Indies home fixture, delivering tickets securely and directly to fans’ ticket accounts to store on their mobile devices or to print out for entry into to the stadium.

Fans can also purchase tickets from box offices at Queen’s Park Oval and the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) headquarters at the National Cricket Centre, Couva from 10am to 4pm daily leading up to each match day. Stadium box offices will open two hours before the match start time on each match day. For all matches, adults can purchase half price tickets for children under the age of 16 and seniors can also benefit from half price tickets too.

Fans can watch live on ESPN Caribbean and listen to live radio commentary on the Windies Cricket YouTube channel. For the first time, fans in India will be able to watch India against the West Indies on FanCode, India’s premier digital sports destination for all fans.

FULL SQUAD

• Nicholas Pooran (Captain)
• Shai Hope (Vice Captain)
• Shamarh Brooks
• Keacy Carty
• Akeal Hosein
• Alzarri Joseph
• Brandon King
• Kyle Mayers
• Gudakesh Motie
• Keemo Paul
• Rovman Powell
• Jayden Seales
• Romario Shepherd

Reserves

• Hayden Walsh Jr.

FULL MATCH SCHEDULE

CG United ODIs, powered by Goldmedal

start at 9:30am (8:30am Jamaica/7pm India)

Friday, 22 July: 1st CG United ODI – Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad

Sunday, 24 July: 2nd CG United ODI – Queen’s Park Oval

Wednesday, 27 July: 3rd CG United ODI – Queen’s Park Oval

T20Is start at 10:30am (9:30am Jamaica/8pm India)

Friday, 29 July: 1st T20I – Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad

Monday, 1 August: 2nd T20I – Warner Park, St Kitts

Tuesday, 2 August: 3rd T20I – Warner Park

Saturday, 6 August: 4th T20I – Broward County Stadium, Florida

Sunday, 7 August: 5th T20I – Broward County Stadium

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