West Indies Tour Of India Schedule Announced

India will host West Indies in October this year, taking on the visitors in two Tests, five One-Day Internationals and three T20 Internationals. West Indies Cricket Board announced the Schedule of West Indies tour of India on Wednesday.

The series will start with the Tests just six days after the completion of the Asia Cup.

The seven-week series will start with Rajkot hosting the first Test on October 4. The full-fledged series will end with the third T20 in Chennai on November 11.

“WINDIES Men will be in India for almost seven weeks starting September 26. They will compete against India in 2 Tests, 5 ODIs and 3 T20s,” a press release from West Indies Cricket Board stated.

Schedule of West Indies tour of India:

Test series:

1st Test – October 4-8, Rajkot

2nd Test – October 12-16, Hyderabad

ODI Series:

1st ODI – October 21, Guwahati

2nd ODI – October 24, Indore

3rd ODI – October 27, Pune

4th ODI – October 29, Mumbai

5th ODI – November 1, Thiruvananthapuram

T20I series:

1st T20I – November 4, Kolkata

2nd T20I – November 6, Kanpur/Lucknow

3rd T20I – November 11, Chennai

The West Indies Cricket Board has also announced a 15-member team for the Tests, led by Jason Holder. West Indies will be flying to Bangladesh after the series while India’s next assignment will be the tour of Australia starting November 21.

The two teams had last played in 2017 when India had toured the Caribbeans for a limited-overs series just after the Champions Trophy.  India had won the ODI series 3-1 while the hosts had won the one-off T20I.

The upcoming series will be West Indies’ first Test series in India after the famous tour of 2013-14. It was the very series where the legendary Sachin Tendulkar had played his last game. India, meanwhile, will start the series as firm favourites. Virat Kohli & Co. are not only the top-ranked Test side in the world but India has also enjoyed huge success against West Indies in recent times.

India have won all the last seven Test series against West Indies while the latter last won a series way back in 2000.

West Indies squad:

Jason Holder (captain), Sunil Ambris, Devendra Bishoo, Kraigg Brathwaite, Roston Chase, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Jahmar Hamilton, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Keemo Paul, Kieran Powell, Kemar Roach and Jomel Warrican.