St. John's, Jan 19 (IANS/CMC): The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has included Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard in a provisional 30-member squad for the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh March-April.
Both players missed out on the recent series against India and New Zealand. Gayle suffered a hamstring tear in India in November and Pollard was ruled out of the tour with a knee injury.
Also named in the provisional list of players are Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels and Ravi Rampaul, who sustained injuries on the recent tour of New Zealand, and Fidel Edwards, who is returning to international cricket.
The West Indies are hoping to assemble their strongest team to defend their T20 world title they won against Sri Lanka in 2012.
The ICC World T20 will be played in Bangladesh from March 16 to April 6.
The West Indies play their opening match against India March 23.
Provisional Squad:
1. Christopher Barnwell
2. Sulieman Benn
3. Tino Best
4. Samuel Badree
5. Darren Bravo
6. Dwayne Bravo
7. Johnson Charles
8. Kevon Cooper
9. Sheldon Cottrell
10. Fidel Edwards
11. Rayad Emrit
12. Andre Fletcher
13. Chris Gayle
14. Jason Holder
15. Delorn Johnson
16. Nikita Miller
17. Sunil Narine
18. Ashley Nurse
19. Veerasammy Permaul
20. Kieron Pollard
21. Denesh Ramdin
22. Ravi Rampaul
23. Kemar Roach
24. Andre Russell
25. Darren Sammy
26. Marlon Samuels
27. Krishmar Santokie
28. Lendl Simmons
29. Dwayne Smith
30. Chadwick Walton