Cricket-India recall Bhuvneshwar for West Indies T20 decider


FILE PHOTO: Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup - India v Australia - The Oval, London, Britain - June 9, 2019 India's Bhuvneshwar Kumar celebrates taking the wicket of Australia's Steve Smith Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs/File Photo

Oct 16 (Reuters) - India ⁠fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been ⁠added to the squad for the fifth ‌and deciding Twenty20 international against West Indies as Arshdeep Singh continues his recovery from a shoulder injury, ​the country's cricket board said ⁠on Friday.

• Arshdeep ⁠sustained a blow to his bowling shoulder during ⁠the fourth ‌T20I in Hyderabad and retired hurt after being struck while batting ⁠as West Indies levelled the five-match ​series at ‌2-2

• A decision on Arshdeep's availability for ⁠the series ​decider in Bengaluru on Saturday will be taken before the match

• Bhuvneshwar, 36, returns to ⁠India's T20I setup for the ​first time in nearly four years

• The seamer has also been named in India's squad ⁠for the T20I series in New Zealand, which begins on October 22

• INDIA SQUAD: Shreyas Iyer (C), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan, ​Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, ⁠Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, ​Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep ‌Singh, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, ​Naman Dhir, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

(Reporting by Suramya Kaushik in BengaluruEditing by Toby Davis)

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