West Indies captain Chris Gayle has been ruled out of Sunday's Twenty20 match against England with the groin injury he sustained in the fifth Test.
The 29-year-old pulled a muscle running for the single that gave him his ton in the first innings but returned to bravely bat for 42 balls in the second.
However, he is not fit to play in Port of Spain and so wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin will take over as captain.
However, the hosts are boosted by the return of key all-rounder Dwayne Bravo.Bravo has not featured for six months after undergoing ankle surgery in New York last August but is named in the 13-man squad and is expected to play.
Andre Fletcher, Kieron Pollard and Darren Sammy - all part of the Windies side that won the Stanford Super Series trophy in November - are the other players to have been included from outside the squad that won the Test series 1-0.
Daren Powell, Ryan Hinds and Brendan Nash drop out.
West Indies Twenty20 squad:
D Ramdin (capt), L Baker, S Benn, D Bravo, S Chanderpaul, F Edwards, A Fletcher, K Pollard, D Sammy, R Sarwan, L Simmons, D Smith, J Taylor.
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