<p>The 21-year-old Barath has failed to recover from a hamstring injury sustained in the first One-Day International last week and will not feature in the two-match series which bowls off Friday here.<br /><br />However, the West Indies Cricket Board said the right-hander would remain with the squad here to "continue his rehabilitation with physiotherapist CJ Clark".<br /><br />The injury is another huge setback for the Trinidadian who only returned to action during India’s tour of the Caribbean back in June, following another layoff for a similar problem.<br /><br />He sustained the injury prior to the World Cup and was forced to miss the tournament.<br /><br />Simmons, meanwhile, will get another chance to prove himself in the game’s longer version after being dropped after a string of failures against Pakistan and India this year.<br /><br />He has experienced a purple patch of form in the three-match ODI series, with scores of 122 and 80 in the two matches. He missed the third game on Tuesday with a sore back.<br /><br />The first Test is scheduled to run Oct 21-25 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here, with the second match carded for Oct 29 to Nov 3 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.</p>
<p>The 21-year-old Barath has failed to recover from a hamstring injury sustained in the first One-Day International last week and will not feature in the two-match series which bowls off Friday here.<br /><br />However, the West Indies Cricket Board said the right-hander would remain with the squad here to "continue his rehabilitation with physiotherapist CJ Clark".<br /><br />The injury is another huge setback for the Trinidadian who only returned to action during India’s tour of the Caribbean back in June, following another layoff for a similar problem.<br /><br />He sustained the injury prior to the World Cup and was forced to miss the tournament.<br /><br />Simmons, meanwhile, will get another chance to prove himself in the game’s longer version after being dropped after a string of failures against Pakistan and India this year.<br /><br />He has experienced a purple patch of form in the three-match ODI series, with scores of 122 and 80 in the two matches. He missed the third game on Tuesday with a sore back.<br /><br />The first Test is scheduled to run Oct 21-25 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here, with the second match carded for Oct 29 to Nov 3 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.</p>