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XtraTime Web Desk: Mayank Agarwal has replaced India's star opener Shikhar Dhawan in the upcoming three-match ODI series after he failed to recover from his knee injury in time.

Dhawan sustained a deep gash on his knee during a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy game and was subsequently ruled out of the three-match T20 series where Sanju Samson came in as a replacement.

"The BCCI Medical Team feels that while Dhawan’s stitches are off and his wound is healing gradually, he still needs some more time before he regains full match fitness," the board said in a statement on Wednesday.

Agarwal, India's Test opener, is yet to play an ODI. He was called in as a replacement for the injured Vijay Shankar mid-way through the World Cup, but did not make it to the playing XI.

Agarwal has played 79 List A matches scoring 3869 runs at an average of 50.90. He has 13 centuries and 15 fifties, with a strike-rate of 101.57.

He has been in terrific form with the bat in Test cricket, having scored two double-centuries and a century in the five Tests this home season against South Africa and Bangladesh.

India will play three ODIs against the West Indies in Chennai (December 15), Visakhapatnam (December 18) and Cuttack (December 22).