The West Indies have selected veteran fast bowler Kemar Roach, Test batsman Nkrumah Bonner and Brandon King among the players for their three-match One-Day International (ODI) series against India early next month.

The West Indies will visit the sub-continent from February 6 to 20, where they will also play three T20 Internationals (T20Is). The T20Is will be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on February 16, 18 and 20, with the squad expected to be announced on Friday.

The ODIs will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on February 6, 9 and 11 and form part of the ICC ODI Super League. The West Indies will have the opportunity to win points to be one of the top seven teams, excluding hosts India, to gain automatic qualification for the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.

“Kemar Roach is one of our leading fast bowlers and we believe we need bowlers upfront to get early wicket, and Kemar, with an economy rate of five, is certainly good enough to play,” said lead selector Desmond Haynes of the Barbadian bowler, who has played 92 ODIs taking 124 wickets.

Haynes also indicated that Bonner’s improvement warranted his selection. “Over the last few years, Nkrumah Bonner’s cricket has come on leaps and bounds and we believe he should be given an opportunity to play in the 50-over format,” he said.

“We want to have competition for places. We want to reach a stage where we have a lot of players fighting for positions. We want to broaden the pool of players we have to choose from. The team we have selected is a very good side and we are looking at this tour as part of the preparations for the World Cup in India in 2023.”

The full squad: Kieron Pollard (Captain), Fabian Allen, Nkrumah Bonner, Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran, Kemar Roach, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith and Hayden Walsh Jr.