India Tour of West Indies – India vs WestIndies LIVE: The England tour is done and Team India have arrived in the Caribbean for a three-match ODI and 5-match T20 tour. The BCCI arranged a charter flight for the entire Shikhar Dhawan-led squad. Team will have 1st Practice session today. The 1st ODI game is scheduled for Friday. Those who have been rested from the ODIs including captain Rohit Sharma have gone on a short vacation. Follow IND vs WI LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
The 16-member ODI squad has been joined by Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shubman Gill. The three were not part of the ODI series against England. They have assembled in Port of Spain in Trinidad & Tobago by Tuesday. The rest of the squad including the coaching staff comprising head coach Rahul Dravid will fly directly from Manchester on Tuesday.
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However, Virat Kohli, who has taken a break and is not part of the West Indies Tour, will stay back in London. His family will join him and they will move to an undisclosed location in England. He will only be back for the Asia Cup, slated to begin on August 27.
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- The players have reached Trinidad & Tobago in a charter flight.
- They have been joined by Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson & Ruturaj Gaikwad.
- BCCI has gone the charter flight route to avoid any COVID-19 cases.
- Shikhar Dhawan will lead the ODI squad in Rohit Sharma’s absence.
- Two other captains, Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah have also been rested while Bhuvneshwar Kumar continues to be a miss in the ODI squad.
- Ravindra Jadeja has been appointed as vice-captain for the ODI side.
- For the T20 series, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dinesh Karthik, Avesh Khan and Harshal Patel will rejoin the squad.
- Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami have also been rested for the entire series.
- The players in the T20 squad have been granted a short vacation.
- Rohit Sharma with his family will travel to Caribbean for a short vacation and will join the squad before the T20 series, starting July 29.
- Virat Kohli has been rested from the entire tour.
India Tour of West Indies: Team India arrive in Caribbean via charter flight, short vacation for Rohit Sharma: Follow Live Updates
Vacation for Rohit Sharma & Rishabh Pant: Regular captain Rohit Sharma will have a short vacation in the Caribbean to recharge his batteries before the 5-match T20 series. While he is expected to board the charter flight on Tuesday, it has been left up to him.
Rishabh Pant will also get a short vacation before rejoining the squad for the T20 series, starting July 29. Both Rishabh and Rohit will have to report back to the team by July 27.
India’s squad for 3 ODIs for WI: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (vice-captain), Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.
India’s squad for 5 T20Is: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul (subject to fitness test), Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav (subject to fitness test), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
India Tour of West Indies: Team India arrive in Caribbean via charter flight, short vacation for Rohit Sharma: Follow Live Updates
| India tour of West Indies, 2022 (ODI & T20Is) | |||
| Day | Date | Match | Venue |
| Friday | 22nd July | 1st ODI | Port of Spain |
| Sunday | 24th July | 2nd ODI | Port of Spain |
| Wednesday | 27th July | 3rd ODI | Port of Spain |
| Friday | 29th July | 1st T20 | Tarouba, Trinidad |
| Monday | 1st August | 2nd T20 | Basseterre, St Kitts |
| Tuesday | 2nd August | 3rd T20 | Basseterre, St Kitts |
| Saturday | 6th August | 4th T20 | Florida, US |
| Sunday | 7th August | 5th T20 | Florida, US |
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