BRIDGETOWN, Bar­ba­dos – The se­lec­tion of the West In­dies squad for the ICC T20 World Cup has sparked its first no­table con­tro­ver­sy, with vet­er­an crick­et com­men­ta­tor and ra­dio talk show host An­drew Ma­son open­ly ques­tion­ing the in­clu­sion of 37-year-old wick­et­keep­er-bat­ter John­son Charles.

As the team pre­pares for a cam­paign to be played in In­dia, the de­ci­sion to turn to a play­er whose ca­reer spans near­ly 15 years has raised eye­brows and de­mands ex­pla­na­tion.

Ac­cord­ing to the squad break­down by Crick­et West In­dies, Charles is slat­ed to be the sec­ond-choice wick­et­keep­er and a po­ten­tial back­up open­er.