The 16 member Indian team led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the West Indies tour has been announced by Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) yesterday at Mumbai while Chief selectors of the Cricket Selection Committee K Srikant and Venkat Raja joined the meeting through teleconferencing from London.

S Badrinath, Ashish Nehra, M Vijay and Abhishek Nayar have been included in the Indian squad for the West Indies tour in which Nayar is the only new face in the Indian team who has been selected for his brilliant performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL-2).

Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan will be resting while aggressive opener Virender Sehwag and Suresh Raina have been left due to injuries for the West Indies tour.

BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan said that Raina is suffering from a hairline fracture on his thumb due to which he was not considered for selection in the Indian team while Irfan Pathan was drooped for the West Indies tour.

The Indian squad for West Indies tour includes Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Yuvraj Singh (vice-captain), Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, Murali Vijay, S. Badrinath, R. P. Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Kartik.