West Indies have made a late change to their T20I squad for the series against India, adding Amir Jangoo as cover after Jewel Andrew was ruled out with a finger injury picked up during the third ODI. Andrew hurt his hand completing a catch to dismiss Naman Dhir off Gudakesh Motie in that match at New Chandigarh; scans have since ruled out a fracture, but the young opener has been withdrawn from the T20I series as a precaution, with the five-match series opener in Lucknow still going ahead as scheduled on October 6.
Andrew's injury came in the field rather than with the bat, during the same decider in which Shai Hope's unbeaten 162 had chased down a record 352 — a game West Indies won even as India took the 50-over series 2-1. The finger took a heavy blow on the catch; with no fracture confirmed, Andrew remains with the touring party and will continue to be monitored by the team's medical staff rather than being sent home.
Amir Jangoo, who has already played seven T20Is for West Indies since his December 2024 debut, joins the squad on the back of a strong ODI series: 239 runs across the three matches, including scores of 58 not out, 114 and 67. The 29-year-old wicketkeeper-batter already has an unusual record of his own — he scored a century on ODI debut in December 2024, only the second West Indies men's player to do so in more than 46 years — and arrives as cover with his white-ball form clearly in order.
Andrew's withdrawal thins out West Indies' options at the top of the order for a squad already captained in this format by Shai Hope, who will now have to decide whether Jangoo steps straight into contention for the opening slot in Lucknow or whether the role goes to an already-named squad member such as Jewel Andrew's fellow top-order options. Either way, it is a reminder that touring squads rarely survive a long white-ball assignment fully intact, with this tour now having produced injury-forced changes on both sides — India lost Prasidh Krishna and released Washington Sundar from their own squad earlier in the trip.
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The injury details, scan result and Amir Jangoo's recent figures in this article are verified against same-day and freshly re-checked reporting from multiple outlets, current as of October 5, 2026.
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