Virat Kohli attended the pre-departure press conference before leaving for the tour of West Indies. The Indian skipper further denied all the speculations of rift between him and the limited overs vice captain- Rohit Sharma during the press conference. “In my opinion it’s baffling to be honest. It’s absolutely ridiculous to read such stuff that comes out. I have been to a few public events and the sentiment is ‘aap log kya khele (you guys played so well)’,” Kohli responded to the rumours.
Before boarding the flight to Miami, USA, Virat Kohli posted a picture with fellow teammates- Manish Pandey, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul and Khaleed Ahmed with the caption “Miami bound”.
Miami bound ???? pic.twitter.com/ywIh0ePTuZ
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) July 29, 2019
The returning Shikhar Dhawan also shared a photo with his opening partner- Rohit Sharma.
All set for West Indies with my partner – The Hit-man! ? @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/2ypHn8WNVR
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) July 29, 2019
Tour details
India will play West Indies in a full fledged series. The matches will be played at the islands of West Indies and Florida, USA.
India will start the tour with a three match T20 series followed by 3 match ODI series and 2 match test series, starting 3 August. The teams will lock horn in first two T20’s at Florida on 3, 4 August. India will also start its world test championship 2019-21 campaign with two tests in Guyana (August 22 to 26) and Jamaica (August 30 to September 3). The tournament will replace the prestigious Champions trophy which is currently held by Pakistan.
Indian team for T20 series
Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (WK), Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini
Indian team for ODI series
Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kedar Jadhav, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Navdeep Saini
Indian team for test series
Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, C Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (WK) Wriddhiman Saha (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav
