Rishabh Pant was elevated to India's vice-captain in T20Is for the three-match series against West Indies, starting 16 February. This will be the first time that Pant has been included in the leadership group for India.
K.L. Rahul, earlier named as deputy to India's new limited-overs captain Rohit Sharma, has been ruled out of the entire series after sustaining an upper left hamstring strain he sustained while fielding in the second ODI against West Indies on 9 February. The BCCI confirmed Pant's new role in the press release for the Washington Sundar's injury.
India are heading into the T20I series after completing a 3-0 sweep against West Indies in the ODIs. All T20Is will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, behind closed doors.
India's T20I squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Hooda, Kuldeep Yadav.