Ricardo Powell, the 23-year old hard-hitting batsman, is one of three replacements that the West Indian cricket board has announced for the seven-match ODI series against India next month. Vasbert Drakes, an allrounder, and Corey Collymore, the medium-pacer, will replace Gareth Breese, Darren Powell and Jermaine Lawson from the current Test squad.

Powell last played in the final of the tri-nation LG Abans Series in Sri Lanka in 2001.

Drakes made a comeback to the West Indian team after seven years when he played in the ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka last month. He had been playing first-class cricket for Border in South Africa.

The squad Wavell Hinds, Daren Ganga, Chris Gayle, Carl Hooper (capt), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Marlon Samuels, Ricardo Powell, Ryan Hinds, Ridley Jacobs (wk), Vasbert Drakes, Mahendra Nagamootoo, Pedro Collins, Corey Collymore, Cameron Cuffy, Mervyn Dillon.

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