Crick­et West In­dies has an­nounced a 15-mem­ber squad for the T20 In­ter­na­tion­al se­ries against Nepal, sched­uled to take place at the Shar­jah Crick­et Sta­di­um in the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates from Sep­tem­ber 27 to 30.

The se­ries is his­toric as it marks the first bi­lat­er­al T20 se­ries be­tween the two teams and will be played out­side of the In­ter­na­tion­al Crick­et Coun­cil’s Fu­ture Tours Pro­gramme. It has been iden­ti­fied by se­lec­tors as an op­por­tu­ni­ty to in­tro­duce new play­ers to in­ter­na­tion­al com­pe­ti­tion in prepa­ra­tion for the ICC T20 World Cup in 2026, which will be held in sub­con­ti­nent con­di­tions.

Se­lec­tors have in­clud­ed sev­er­al play­ers who per­formed in the in­au­gur­al West In­dies Break­out League and the cur­rent Caribbean Pre­mier League. Six po­ten­tial debu­tants are part of the squad. At the same time, a num­ber of se­nior play­ers have been rest­ed.

Akeal Ho­sein, a mem­ber of the T20I lead­er­ship group, has been ap­point­ed cap­tain. The Team Man­age­ment Unit will be led by Head Coach Ray­on Grif­fith. For­mer West In­dies Head Coach Ot­tis Gib­son will serve as fast-bowl­ing con­sul­tant.

The se­ries in Shar­jah will serve as part of the team’s prepa­ra­tion path­way for glob­al com­pe­ti­tion. Crick­et West In­dies stat­ed that the se­ries was sched­uled with de­vel­op­ment in mind, giv­ing younger play­ers ex­po­sure to in­ter­na­tion­al con­di­tions.

The squad is ex­pect­ed to as­sem­ble ahead of the start of the se­ries in the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates.