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Ramdin named new T&T cricket captain
November 17, 2011

WICKETKEEPER Denesh Ramdin has been appointed captain of the Trinidad and Tobago cricket team for the 2012 regional cricket season.

The announcement was made on Thursday (November 17, 2011) by Dudnath Ramkessoon, chairman of the National Selectors and first vice-president of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (T&TCB).

The 26-year-old Ramdin is currently in India where he is second choice custodian behind Carlton Baugh in the three-Test  series against India in which the regional side trail their hosts 0-2 after an innings defeat in Kolkota on Thursday.

Ramdin has lots of experience having been stand-in skipper of the West Indies team on several occasions and was  understudy to former captain Daren Ganga who resigned suddenly from the position last week.

Among those who were reportedly also considered to take charge of the 2011 Caribbean T20 champions and runners-up in the recent WICB Super50 limited overs tournament  were injury prone allrounder  Dwayne Bravo, who has been sidelined by the regional selectors and the experienced Samuel Badree, recently called up for WI “A” team duty against Bangladesh “A”.

Ramdin has played 42 Test and 84 One-Day Internationals after making his debut  for the West indies in 2005 but has struggled in recent times to hold his spot in the WI team following a lean run of form with the bat.

His international career received a new lease on life when he was recently recalled to play for the West Indies on their short tour of Bangladesh. However Ramdin was replaced by Baugh for the current  India leg of the tour of the subcontinent.

He is expected  back home when the ODI and T20 matches close the India tour in mid-December.