Sunil Narine back with West Windies, Kieron Pollard, Darren Bravo ignored

Highly-rated off spinner Sunil Narine, top-order batsman Darren Bravo and fast bowler Kemar Roach were all named in the West Indies World Cup squad despite missing out on the current South Africa tour.

Narine was summoned to share spin bowling duties with Suleiman Benn, Bravo was recalled after choosing to sit out the current series for “personal reasons” while Roach has recovered from an injury suffered in the team’s 220-run defeat against South Africa in the first Test last month.

Barbados all-rounder Jason Holder was confirmed as captain with experienced batsman Marlon Samuels appointed vice-captain. As expected, there was no World Cup reprieve for former captain Dwayne Bravo who was axed after the team’s controversial decision to quit October’s tour of India four matches into a five-game one-day series over a pay dispute. The squad: Jason Holder (captain), Marlon Samuels, Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Jonathan Carter, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Denesh Ramdin, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith, Jerome Taylor.