Gayle returns but Sarwan, Bravo still sidelined

Captain Chris Gayle has returned to strengthen the West Indies side for the first two One-Day Internationals against Zimbabwe but there is still no room for batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan and all-rounder Dwayne Bravo.



Both players were left out of a 14-man squad named yesterday for the two matches at the National Stadium at Providence in Guyana this week.



Sarwan made a century for Guyana against the Windward Islands in the West Indies Cricket Board four-day tournament last weekend but there are doubts surrounding his fitness.



Bravo on the other hand has not fully recovered from a hand injury he sustained during the 20/Twenty Big Bash in Australia earlier this year.



Gayle, rested for Sunday’s one-off 20/Twenty International, has returned to take his place at the top of the order, while Guyanese batsman Narsingh Deonarine has also made the squad at the expense of talented left-hander Darren Bravo.



Gayle and Deonarine are the only changes to the squad that crashed to a humiliating loss to Zimbabwe in Sunday’s 20/Twenty International.



The first One-Day bowls off Thursday with the second one scheduled for Saturday.