KINGSTON, Jamaica: West Indies have picked uncapped opening batsman Evin Lewis to swap Lendl Simmons for the World T20 in India. Simmons was precluded of the competition a week ago because of a back damage.
Lewis, 24, has been in great frame as of late, in residential matches for Trinidad and Tobago. He scored 221 keeps running in six matches for T&T in the Nagico Super 50 competition, including one century and a fifty.
In five matches of the WICB Regional 4-day Tournament, he has scored 442 keeps running at a normal of 49.11, including a century and three fifties. His general T20 record remains at 1044 keeps running in 34 innings at a normal of 31.63.
Simmons was the fourth player to be precluded of the West Indies T20 squad, after Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard and Darren Bravo had likewise pulled back from the group. It was hypothesized that Dwayne Smith, who won the Man-of-the-Match recompense in the last of the Pakistan Super League, was a most loved to supplant Simmons, while Jonathan Carter was likewise allegedly in conflict.
Clive Lloyd, WICB's director of selectors, said Lewis had been picked with regards to West Indies' approach to give more youthful players more presentation. "Evin Lewis is a youthful and energizing batsman who we accept will fit into the group set-up extremely well. He can perform at this level of the diversion," Lloyd said.
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