Seam bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar was added to India’s T20 squad for the fifth match against the West Indies after injury to Arshdeep Singh.
Arshdeep, a left-arm quick, was hit by a bouncer on his bowling shoulder while batting and retired hurt in India’s defeat on Wednesday as West Indies levelled the five-match series 2-2.
The decider is in Bengaluru on Saturday.
On Arshdeep’s availability for the match, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said the “decision on his participation for the final T20I will be taken prior to the game based on his recovery”.
The 36-year-old Bhuvneshwar, who last played an international in 2022, has recently found favour with the selectors and was named in India’s T20 squad for the tour of New Zealand starting this month.
Updated T20I squad: Shreyas Iyer (capt), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Varma (vice-capt), Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Naman Dhir, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.