St John's: The West Indies Cricket Board on Thursday announced a 15-man Test squad for the tour of India, starting later this month.
West Indies will play two Tests, from Nov 6-10 and Nov 14-18 as well as three one-dayers on Nov 21, 24 and 27 at venues to be announced.
A spokesman for the West Indies Cricket Board said that the participation of left-arm fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell is subject to him being passed as fit by the WICB's medical panel.
West Indies Test squad for India tour
Darren Sammy (captain), Tino Best, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Sheldon Cotterrell, Narsingh Deonarine, Kirk Edwards, Chris Gayle, Veerasammy Permaul, Kieran Powell, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Shane Shillingford and Chadwick Walton (wk)
In from Zimbabwe series: Sheldon Cotterrell, Kirk Edwards, Chadwick Walton
Out from Zimbabwe series: Shannon Gabriel