The 36-year-old seamer last represented India in November 2022, and played an a total of 87 T20Is while taking 90 wickets with an economy-rate of under seven runs to the over.
Bhuvneshwar seemed rejuvenated in the 2026 Indian Premier League, taking 28 wickets in 16 matches - second only to South Africa's Kagiso Rabada - to help Royal Challengers Bangalore win the title.
India have also selected Varun Chakravarthy in the 16-man squad, with the spinner on his way to recovering fully from a side strain picked up against Afghanistan in September.
Hardik Pandya wasn't considered for the tour after suffering a fresh injury setback and was forced to pull out of a one-day series for India A against Australia A.
The rest of the squad is same as the one currently taking on West Indies at home, where the hosts are 1-0 up in the five-match series following an eight-wicket victory on Tuesday.
India T20I squad: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav
Shreyas Iyer struck his maiden T20I century as India thrashed the West Indies by eight wickets with more than five overs to spare in the first game of the five-match series in Lucknow on Tuesday.
India captain Shubman Gill called on his side to raise their fielding standards and improve their bowling accuracy at the end of the innings after they lost the third ODI against West Indies in New Chandigarh.
Shai Hope struck an unbeaten 162 to help the West Indies record their highest ODI run-chase and beat India by five wickets in the final game of the series on Saturday.
India coach Gautam Gambhir was happy with this side's record ODI run chase on Wednesday night, but did not mince his words when describing the contest.
