West Indies To Face India This October

By NAN Sports Editor

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Aug. 31, 2018: The West Indies cricket squad is gearing up to face the Indian side this October in India.

They will compete against India in 2 Tests, 5 ODIs and 3 T20s. The schedule for the tour is as follows:

1st Test            October 4 – 8            Rajkot

2nd Test          October 12 – 16          Hyderabad

1st ODI             October 21                 Guwahati

2nd ODI            October 24                Indore

3rd ODI            October 27                Pune

4th ODI            October 29                Mumbai

5th ODI            November 1                Trivanthapuram

1st T20I            November 4               Kolkata

2nd T20I          November 6               Kanpur-Lucknow

3rd T20I           November 11               Chennai

The Windies will still be away and will head over to Bangladesh after.

The full team named for India is: Jason Holder (capt), Sunil Ambris, Devendra Bishoo, Kraigg Brathwaite, Roston Chase, Shane Dowrich (wk), Shannon Gabriel, Jahmar Hamilton (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Keemo Paul, Kieran Powell, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican

While the West Indies are coming off a convincing 2-0 series win against Bangladesh and a drawn series against Sri Lanka, they have struggled significantly against their upcoming opponents.

West Indies and India have played 94 Tests against each other since 1948. The West Indies has won 30, lost 28 and drawn 46 matches.