Kingston: Jerome Taylor and Ramnaresh Sarwan are back in the West Indies squad for the World Twenty20, having recovered from injury, while Wavell Hinds has been recalled after being dropped for the recent series against Zimbabwe.
Both Taylor and Sarwan have been out of action since the Test series in Australia late last year. Taylor pulled up with a hip injury during the first match in Brisbane, and Sarwan has struggled with a back problem since the end of the series and wasn't risked against Zimbabwe last month.
West Indies ended a barren run of form with their 4-1 one-day series against Zimbabwe, but suffered an embarrassing start to that tour with defeats in Trinidad in a T20 international and the first ODI at Providence - the venue for both their group matches against England and Ireland - in Guyana.
Gayle, Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Kemar Roach are at the IPL, so will have the advantage of recent Twenty20 action while some of the other members of the squad will take part on the Jamaica Cricket Association festival.
Squad Chris Gayle (capt), Sulieman Benn, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Andre Fletcher, Wavell Hinds, Nikita Miller, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Darren Sammy, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Jerome Taylor