Indian team leaves for Windies

June 27, 2013 03:29 am | Updated November 16, 2021 08:33 pm IST - London:

After lifting the Champions Trophy with a remarkable unbeaten run here, the Indian cricket team departed for Jamaica on Wednesday to compete in an ODI tri-series against the West Indies and Sri Lanka starting on June 28.

“Off to jamaica nw,,, Nxt mission ahead, had a lovely time in England....,” tweeted all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja with a picture of his boarding pass.

“On board to Jamaica, with the new speed gun that’s joined us,” said off-spinner R. Ashwin on his Twitter handle with a picture of Mohammed Shami, who replaced an injured Irfan Pathan in the team.

The first three matches of the series would be played in Jamaica (from June 28 to July 2) before the action shifts to Trinidad (from July 5 to 11).

India will open its campaign against the West Indies on June 30.

The squad: M.S. Dhoni (capt.), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Murali Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra and R. Vinay Kumar.

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