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PHOTOS: Team India in West Indies to play four-Test series

Last updated on: July 07, 2016 11:26 IST
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IMAGE: Cheteshwar Pujara, right, with Ravindra Jadeja. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter.

The Indian cricket team, led by skipper Virat Kohli, arrived in St Kitts on Thursday for a four-Test bilateral series against the West Indies.

The opening match is at Antigua, beginning July 21.

New head coach Anil Kumble posted a photograph of the team on his Twitter handle and wrote: "Reached St. Kitts...long flight..@cheteshwar1 @klrahul11 @y_umesh Tour begins@BCCI."

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The West Indies Cricket Board also shared a picture of the Indian team after they reached St. Kitts.

The opening match of the tour is 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 at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua from July 21 to 25.

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The other three Tests are scheduled to be held at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica (July 30-August 3), Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia (August 9-13) and Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad (August 18-22). 

India last toured the Caribbean islands for a Test series in 2011. They clinched it 1-0,  after 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 squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, K L Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhimaan Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Stuart Binny.

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