Virender Sehwag will lead India in the first three one-day internationals against West Indies after the selectors decided to rest MS Dhoni. Sachin Tendulkar has also been rested for the first three matches, Yuvraj Singh has reported himself as unwell and Harbhajan Singh has been ignored.
India's squad contained five batsmen – Sehwag, Gambhir, Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli and Manoj Tiwary – one wicketkeeper-batsman - Patel - and one allrounder in Ravindra Jadeja. The bowling attack comprised five seamers - Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar and Praveen Kumar - and two spinners in Ashwin and Rahul Sharma.
The ODI series starts on November 29 in Cuttack, followed by fixtures in Visakhapatnam, Ahmedabad, Indore and Chennai. India’s squad to tour Australia will be announced on Saturday.
India ODI squad: Virender Sehwag (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Parthiv Patel (wk), Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Vinay Kumar, Rahul Sharma.
