The controversial Umpire Decision Review System will not be in place in the forthcoming series between India and the West Indies after the BCCI has convinced its Caribbean counterparts against the use of technology during the entire tour.


The implementation of UDRS in a bilateral series is the prerogative of the home board but the powerful BCCI, who has opposed the system from the onset, has forced the West Indies Cricket Board  to do away with it in the series, which starts with a T20 International on Saturday.

A WICB spokesperson confirmed that UDRS will not be used in the one-off Twenty20 match, five ODIs or for that matter in the three upcoming Test matches.Incidentally, UDRS was used when Pakistan toured the Caribbean recently.India has been a staunch critic of UDRS ever since Sachin Tendulkar went public with his disapproval of the system in Sri Lanka a couple of years ago.


ODI n T20 SQUAD:
Suresh Raina (C) ,R.Ashwin , S.Badrinath ,Harbhajan Singh(VC), Virat kohli , Praveen kumar , Amit Mishra , Munaf patel ,Parthiv patel (WK), Yusuf pathan , Wridhiman Saha (WK), Ishant Sharma , Rohit Sharma , Vinay kumar , Manoj Tiwary , Shikhar Dhawan.







ODI's Squad : Lendl Simmons, Kirk Edwards, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy (captian), Carlton Baugh (wk), Andre Russell, Anthony Martin, Devendra Bishoo, Ravi Rampaul.


T-20 Squad: Lendl Simmons, Andre Fletcher (wk), Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Danza Hyatt, Darren Sammy (capt), Christopher Barnwell, Andre Russell, Ashley Nurse, Devendra Bishoo, Ravi Rampaul, Krishmar Santokie.


CHRIS GAYLE, who was the premium player of the IPL-4 and Orange cap holder is not being considered in the West Indies Squad.The WICB were unwilling to choose Gayle  who slammed the West Indies board on radio after he was not picked in the squad to take on Pakistan last month. 


STATEMENT by WICB: "Chris Gayle will not be considered for selection to the West Indies team before an intended meeting with himself, the selection committee, the WICB management and the West Indies team management.The selection committee views this meeting as necessary as a result of Gayle's comments in a widely publicised radio interview in Jamaica."


However,Kieron Pollard who played for Mumbai Indians in IPL is back into the Squad.





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