Virat Kohli and other teammates depart for tour of West Indies

Dixit Bhargav | 29/07/2019
Virat Kohli and other teammates depart for tour of West Indies

Virat Kohli and other teammates depart: The Indian captain posted a photo across his social media accounts before leaving for West Indies.

The Indian cricket team is all set to fly to West Indies tonight for the imminent tour of West Indies. Under the leadership of Virat Kohli, India will play three T20Is, three ODIs and a couple of Test matches during the month-long tour.

It is worth mentioning that the Indian team will fly to Miami before leaving for Florida where the first two T20Is will be played on August 3 and 4 respectively.

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While the third T20I will be played in Guyana on August 6, the ODI series will commence on August 8 at the same venue. After the third ODI on August 14 in Trinidad, the first Test will be played on August 22 in Antigua.

Virat Kohli and other teammates depart

Before boarding the flight, India captain Virat Kohli took to his social media profiles to share a photo with the Indian players. Kohli’s post also included opening batsman Lokesh Rahul, middle-order batsman Manish Pandey, all-rounders Washington Sundar and Krunal Pandya and fast bowler Khaleel Ahmed.

Having made his international debut in 2008, this is going to be the fourth time that Kohli will tour West Indies as an Indian cricketers. Read his post below:

The limited-over series will also mark the comeback of opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan, who got injured during the recently concluded ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. Other than Kohli, Dhawan also took to his social media handles to share a photo with fellow opening batsman Rohit Sharma before departing for West Indies.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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