Jamaica's left-arm fast bowler Sheldon Cotterell is the lone newcomer in a 15-man West Indies squad named for next month's tour of India.

West Indies will play two Tests, November 6-10 and November 14-18, as well as three one-dayers on November 21, 24, and 27 at venues to be announced.

In a release yesterday, the West Indies Cricket Board said Cotterell, who returned home recently from the West Indies 'A' tour of India, will have to be passed fit by a medical panel ahead of the Test tour.

Squad: Darren Sammy (captain), Tino Best, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Sheldon Cottrell, Narsingh Deonarine, Kirk Edwards, Chris Gayle, Veersammy Permaul, Kieron Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Shane Shillingford, Chadwick Walton.