Starting July 12, the Indian team will play a series in the West Indies in all three formats. For this tour, young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal came to Barbados in the West Indies along with Indian captain Rohit Sharma. Yashasvi has been included in the Indian test team. Prior to Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi, the first batch of Team India had reached the West Indies, which featured the likes of Ashwin, Jadeja and Shardul.
On the other hand, star Indian batsman Virat Kohli has yet to reach the West Indies. Virat Kohli is on vacation in England. It is not yet clear when Virat Kohli will arrive in the West Indies. According to ‘Indian Express’, Kohli may fly directly to the West Indies from London next week.
The Indian team will play the first test in Dominica from July 12. This will be the first match of the 2023-25 World Test Championship cycle for Team India. Before this, India will participate in a 10-day camp. At the same time, before the test, the India team will also play a practice match for two days. The practice match will be played at Kensington Oval on July 5-6.
The India team had previously played a test match until the World Test Championship final, while the West Indies played the last test match against South Africa.
Let us tell you that the Indian and West Indies teams have played a total of 98 test matches so far, in which the Indian team has won 22 and the West Indies have won 30. In such a situation, the path of the India team against the West Indies will not be easy. Significantly, the teams from India and West Indies met in 2019 for the last time in Test Cricket. Then in the two match series, the India team defeated the West Indies 2-0.
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), KS Bharat (goalkeeper), Ishan Kishan (goalkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Akshar Patel, Mohammed Siraj , Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.