Just as one thought that the Indian pace unit was more or less settled for the next year's World Cup in England, the national selectors brought back Mohammed Shami in the ODI mix for the first two ODIs against West Indies (Guwahati on October 21 and Vizag on October 24).

The Bengal pacer was handed a recall in the one-day team yesterday after a year. He last played in ODI colours against Australia at Bangalore in 2017. Chairman of selectors MSK Prasad explained the rationale behind Shami's selection: "I've been saying this for quite some time that we are just 18 ODIs away from our first World Cup game. So, we need to figure out our fast bowlers. In the process, we have picked Shami.