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India tour of West Indies: India's squad

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday (June 23) announced the Indian team for the upcoming tour of the West Indies.

Abishek GoswamiJune 23, 2023 at 10:07 AM • 3 min read
India tour of West Indies: India's squad
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday (June 23) announced the Indian team for the upcoming tour of the West Indies.

Team India will be touring West Indies for a complete tour where they'll play two Tests, 3 ODIs, and 5 T20Is over one month. The series starts with the Test series starting July 12, followed by ODIs and T20Is. After a disappointing end to the second edition of the World Test Championship, WTC 2021-23 having lost the final against Australia, Team India would be beginning the WTC 2023-25 cycle with the West Indies series.

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The Board for Cricket Control in India (BCCI) has announced the squad for the upcoming tour of the West Indies. A total of eight matches will be there in the series over a month.

India tour of West Indies: BCCI announced the Indian Squad

For the One-Day Internationals (ODIs), Ajinkya Rahane has returned as vice-captain while Rohit Sharma will continue his stint as captain. Veteran seamer Mohammed Shami will be not there for the entire West Indies tour. Navdeep Saini is back on the Test side. Sanju Samson has also returned to the team.

For the two test matches, Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (VC), KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini, BCCI tweeted.

India are also scheduled to play five T20Is and the squad for the same will be announced later.

Kensington Oval will host the first ODI match on the 27th of July and the second ODI on July 29. The third and final game of the series will be on August 1 at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy.

After the ODI series, the two teams will lock horns for a five-match T20I series. The first match of that series will be played at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad, on August 3.

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