India captain Virat Kohli was rested for the three-match T20I series against West Indies and Rohit Sharma will lead the men-in-blues in his absence, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Friday.

Besides Kohli, former India captain and wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni was also excluded from the 16-man squad for the Windies T20Is.

Bihar-born spinner Shahbaz Nadeem made it to the squad, besides spin sensations Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav.

Currently leading the five-match ODI series 1-0, India have clinched the two-match Test series against West Indies 2-0. The three-match T20I rubber will start on November 4 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

The BCCI also announced the inclusion of all-rounder Kedar Jadhav for the fourth and fifth ODI against Windies.

India squad for Windies T20Is: Rohit Sharma (C), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed, Umesh Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem

The selection panel also named a 15-member India A team for first four-day game against New Zealand A. 

India A team for first four-day game against New Zealand A: Ajinkya Rahane (C), M Vijay, Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Parthiv Patel (wk), K Gowtham, Shahbaz Nadeem, Md Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, R Gurbani, Vijay Shankar, KS Bharath.