India vs West Indies: Injured Andre Russell ruled out of T20I series

NEW DELHI: West Indies suffered a major blow ahead of the first Twenty20 International (T20I) against India as their star all-rounder Andre Russell was ruled out of the three-match T20I series due to injury.
Shai Hope, who was among the runs during the preceding ODI series, has been named in the squad.
Earlier, Ashley Nurse withdrew from the squad due to a shoulder injury, which he picked during the fourth ODI against India.
The 30-year-old last featured in the Afghanistan Premier League representing Nangarhar Leopards on October 9 but was not named in the ODI squad with the Windies Cricket ruling him out due to injury.
Earlier in the day, Russell was forced to skip the West Indies team's practice session on the eve of their first T20I against India.
West Indies were hammered in the two-Test series before they lost the five-match series 1-3.
Revised Windies squad:
Carlos Brathwaite (c), Fabian Allen, Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Shai Hope, Sherfane Rutherford, Oshane Thomas, Khary Pierre, Obed McCoy, Rovman Powell, Nicholas Pooran