Batting first, India scored a challenging 167 for five and had West Indies in all sorts of trouble at 98 for four in the 16th over when lightning and thundershowers struck
Team India chief selector MSK Prasad on Sunday announced the squads at the Board of Control for Cricket in India headquarters in Mumbai
While the team has done well under Shastri, winning series in Australia, it has also competed well on overseas tour in South Africa and England
The team will be led by Carlos Brathwaite and left-handed opener John Campbell. Left-arm spinner Khary Pierre has also been included in the team
Gill has already expressed his disappointment at not being picked in the squad for the limited overs series in the Caribbean
Sri Lanka put a mammoth 338/6 as youngster Avishka Fernando slammed a century. In reply, Nicholas Pooran and Fabian Allen spiced up Windies chase but Angelo Mathews added a crucial twist at the end
Sri Lanka are placed seventh on the ICC World Cup 2019 Points Table with six points from seven matches, need to win their final two games to keep semi-finals hope alive
Led by flamboyant opener Chris Gayle, who thumped 50 runs off 34 balls, the West Indies wasted little time polishing off Pakistan by seven wickets after bowling them out for 105 in their first match
Holder added that success on the cricket field puts a smile on West Indian faces, seeing them succeed and even dominate again gave the whole region a huge lift
Windies have a proud history at the World Cup, winning the first two editions of the tournament and making the final of the third.