Andre Russell will miss Windies' T20I series against India due to injury. Russell, who was initially part of the 15-man squad announced to take on India, was yet to join the squad on the eve of the first game. While the Carlos Brathwaite-led side practised at the Eden Gardens on Saturday (November 3), Russell wasn't with the team during their sessions.
Cricket Windies released a statement later with the Chairman of Selectors, Courtney Browne saying that Russell was "injured at this time."
Russell had turned out for Nangarhar Leopards in the Afghanistan Premier League game on Octoberr 9, a day before Windies announced the limited-overs squad for the India tour. While he was named in the T20I squad, he was left out from the ODI team with Cricket West Indies citing an injury as the reason for his exclusion.
Windies are already without several front-line players like Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Sunil Narine and Samuel Badree due to various reasons. Recently, Ashley Nurse was also ruled out of the T20Is as a result of a shoulder injury.