Virat Kohli's Team India Leave for West Indies
Virat Kohli and his squad, along with new head coach Anil Kumble, left for the West Indies for a four-Test series that begins on July 21
Highlights
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India will play four Tests in West Indies
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Virat Kohli made his Test debut in the West Indies in 2011
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India last played a Test series in West Indies in 2011 which they won 1-0
The 16-member Indian squad led by Virat Kohli left for the West Indies to engage the hosts in a four-Test rubber.
The team was accompanied by its newly appointed head coach Anil Kumble and other support staff.
The squad will open the tour with a two-day game against the West Indies Cricket Board President's XI at Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts on July 9 and 10 followed by a three-day warm-up fixture at the same venue from July 14 to 16.
The opening Test is scheduled at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua from July 21 to 25.
The other three Test matches are scheduled to be held at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica (Jul 30-Aug 3), Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia (Aug 9-13) and Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad (Aug 18-22).
India last toured the Caribbean islands for a Test series in 2011 that the visitors clinched 1-0 by winning the opening game at Kingston and drawing the other two matches in Bridgetown and Roseau.
Incidentally Kohli returns to the West Indies, where he made his Test debut, after five years as the team's captain and premier batsman.
The journey begins. #TeamIndia leaves for the tour of West Indies. #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/ebK1jkoFiN
- BCCI (@BCCI) July 5, 2016
Test Squad
Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane (v-c), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, K L Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhimaan Saha, R Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Stuart Binny