IND vs WI: Indian Team are currently in the Caribbean for the full tour, in which they will play Tests, ODIs and T20Is. The two teams will be seen in action in Tests first, which will be played from 12th July to 24th July followed by ODIs that are slated to be played from 27th July to August 1st. The five-match T20Is are scheduled to take place from 4th August to 13th August.
IND vs WI: Virat Kohli reveals his favourite moment in West Indies; says even Sir Vivian Richards praised him for that
IND vs WI: The spotlight will be on the Test series first as it’ll mark the new edition of the ICC World Test Championship for Indian Cricket Team. They recently suffered a loss in the final of the WTC Final 2023 against Australia and quite a few questions were raised over them.
The focus will be on Virat Kohli as he has been under the scanner for a while for his poor outings in the longest format of the game. It was expected that he would set the stage on fire in the ICC World Test Championship Final but this wasn’t the case as he got out early.
Virat Kohli has a staggering record against West Indies and it’ll be a great opportunity for him to regain his full form and get back to his best. The batter in Carribean conditions has looked good as well and it’s fair to say that he will hold key for India in this series.
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Talking about his favourite moment in West Indies Virat Kohli told Star Sports: “My favourite memory in West Indies is scoring my first double Hundred in Tests in front of Sir Vivian Richards, that was very special, then he congratulated me – it can’t get any better than that”.
Notably, Virat Kohli scored 200 runs off 283 balls in 2016 against West Indies. His Innings helped India win the game and also bag the series.
IND vs WI: Indian squad for the Test series against West Indies
IND vs WI: Here’s the Indian squad for the Test series against West Indies
Rohit Sharma (Capt), 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.