Ravi Rampaul earns recall as defending champions West Indies name T20 World Cup squad

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The West Indies announced the squad on Thursday, 9 September, but there was no place for Brathwaite, who famously hit four consecutive sixes off Ben Stokes in the final over of the 2016 World Cup to win the game for his country.

However, 36-year-old Rampaul is back in a West Indies T20I squad for the first time in six years.

“Ravi will boost the team's wicket-taking options in the power-play and the middle phase and will provide another option for the death overs,” Roger Harper, lead selector for Cricket West Indies said.

Roston Chase is another notable name in the 15, earning a T20I call-up for the first time, thanks largely to his form in the Caribbean Premier League.

“Roston Chase has shown that he is a very capable T20 player,” Harper said. He has shown the ability to knit the innings together while still scoring at a fast rate with a low dot-ball percentage. He will be an excellent foil for the explosive players in the team.”

West Indies get their title defence underway in Abu Dhabi on 23 October against the very country they beat in the final five years ago.

As well as opening opponents England, the West Indies will be joined in Group 1 by South Africa, Australia, and two qualifiers from Round 1. Only the top two finishers of the six will reach the knockout stages.

Squad: Kieron Pollard (Captain), Nicholas Pooran (Vice Captain), Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Roston Chase, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Evin Lewis, Obed McCoy, Lendl Simmons, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh jr

Reserves: Darren Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein