The Indian cricket team led by Virat Kohli is all set and geared up for their next assigment after the 2019 World Cup. They travel to the Caribbean for a full-fledged tour comprising three T20Is, three ODIs followed by two Tests to wrap up the month-long tour. The tour kicks off with the T20Is from 3 August.
BCCI had announced the squads for all the three formats, while the West Indies Cricket Board announced squad only for the ODIs and T20Is.
Chris Gayle, who was expected to retire after the World Cup will now play in the ODI series. Also Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine have been recalled in the Windies T20I squad.
As far as the Indian team is concerned, the management has decided to go with a young T20I and ODI squad. Skipper Virat Kohli, who was tipped to be rested for the limited-overs series was included in the squad.
Meanwhile, MS Dhoni opted out of the series and was unavailable for selection.
Here's the complete schedule and squads of both the teams for the upcoming series.
India vs West Indies T20I Matches
- August 3 (Sat), 1st T20I at Fort Lauderhill, Florida, 8 PM IST
- August 4 (Sun): 2nd T20I at Fort Lauderhill, Florida, 8 PM IST
- August 6 (Tues): 3rd T20I at Providence Stadium, Guyana, 8 PM IST
India vs West Indies ODI Matches
- August 8 (Thu): 1st ODI at Providence Stadium, Guyana, 7 PM IST
- August 11 (Sun): 2nd ODI at Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad, 7 PM IST
- August 14 (Wed): 3rd ODI at Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad, 7 PM IST
India vs West Indies Test Matches
- 1st Test: (22-26 August) at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, 7 PM IST
- 2nd Test: (30 August-3 September) at Sabina Park, Jamaica, 8 PM IST
India’s Tour to West Indies 2019 Squads:
India
T20I Squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (WK), Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini
ODI Squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kedar Jadhav, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Navdeep Saini
Test Squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, C Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (WK) Wriddhiman Saha (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav
West Indies
ODI Squad: Jason Holder (c), John Campbell, Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Roston Chase, Fabian Allen, Carlos Brathwaite, Keemo Paul, Chris Gayle, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Shai Hope, Kemar Roach
T20I Squad: John Campbell, Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard, Rovman Powell, Carlos Brathwaite (c), Keemo Paul, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Anthony Bramble, Andre Russell, Khary Pierre.
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