Chris Gayle returns to face India

IPL’s hat-trick hero Samuel Badree will try to spin a web around the Indian batsman along with Narine. (Photo: AFP)

Match is scheduled on July 9 at Sabina Park.

Squad: Carlos Brathwaite (C), Samuel Badree, Ronsford Beaton, Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammed, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Rovman Powell, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Taylor, Chadwick Walton (wk), Kesrick Williams. (Photo: AFP)

Star all-rounder Kieron Pollard will play a key role in the middle. (Photo: AFP)

Carlos Brathwaite will lead the Caribbean side. (Photo: AFP)

Windies cricket board has named a strong squad to face India.

West Indies’ Test and ODI captain Jason Holder, who did not feature during Afghanistan T20 Series, Has been rested again. (Photo: AFP)

With his return, Gayle is expected to open the innings for West Indies. (Photo: AFP)

And he will partner another left-hand batsman Evin Lewis on the top.

Sunnil Narine will lead the spin attack against Virat Kohli’s men. (Photo: AFP)

The 37-year-old explosive batsman returns to the Windies squad after more than one year. (Photo: AFP)

Recently, he became the only cricketer to register 10,000 runs in T20 during Royal Challengers Bangalore’s disappointing season in IPL 10. (Photo: BCCI)

Veteran West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has been named in 13-member Windies squad to face India in one-off T20 match. (Photo: AFP)

Gayle is the highest run scorer for Windies in the shortest format of the game with 1519 runs including two centuries. (Photo: AFP)

He last played for Windies in April 2016 in the finals of World T20 where his team defeated England to lift the title.