Chris Gayle returns for Zimbabwe ODIs

Chris Gayle, the West Indies captain, has returned to the squad for the first two ODIs against Zimbabwe in Providence after missing the Twenty20 to be with his unwell mother. The selectors, however, did not pick Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo in the 14-man squad.

Sarwan scored a hundred for Guyana against Windward Islands in the WICB four-day tournament but, according to a CMC report, the team management wanted to assess his fitness further before recalling him to the national set-up. The match was Sarwan's first game since he injured his back during the tour of Australia in December.

Bravo had also nearly recovered from the hand injury he sustained while playing for Victoria in the Big Bash, Australia's domestic Twenty20 competition. He trained with the West Indies squad last week and is likely, along with Sarwan, to be chosen for the last three games against Zimbabwe.

The only other change to the squad that lost a low-scoring Twenty20 against Zimbabwe in Trinidad is the inclusion of Guyana batsman Narsingh Deonarine at Darren Bravo's expense.

The first ODI between West Indies and Zimbabwe will take place on March 4 and the second on March 6.

Squad: Chris Gayle (capt), Adrian Barath, Sulieman Benn, David Bernard, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Andre Fletcher, Nikita Miller, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Darren Sammy, Dwayne Smith.