ew Delhi: West Indies hard-hitter Chris Gayle, who has not played an international match since the World T20 final against England in 2016, rose a few eyebrows after being named in the 13-man squad for the one-off T20I match against India at Sabina Park on July 9.


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Gayle, who will play his first T20I at Sabina Park, is presently the highest run-maker for West Indies in this format with 1,519 runs (average 35.32, strike rate 145.49), including two centuries. 


The left-handed batsman has been included in the side at the expense of Lendl Simmons, who scored 6, 17* and 15 in the series against Afghanistan - West Indies' last T20 assignment.


Gayle, soon after the news of his inclusion was announced, posted a picture of him working out at the gym with caption, "Big man ting!!"


West Indies T20I Squad: Carlos Brathwaite (capt), 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.