Cricket West Indies (CWI), on Tuesday, shared a tentative schedule of the upcoming multi-format series where they will host Team India. Both sides will first meet in the two-match Test series and then the action will shift towards the three-match ODI leg. Thereafter, Windies will 🔯host the Men in Blue in the five-match T20I series.
The series is set to commence on July 12 and come to an end on August 13. The Indian team is expected to depart for the Caribbean sometime between July 5 and 6. All the fixtures will be played in different venues i.e., Dom꧒inica, Trinidad, Barbados, Guyana and Florida.
The specific dates for the matches w♔ill be announced once the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) finalizes the schedule. As of now, a formal agreement for the two additional T20Is has not been signed by the boards. However, it is anticipated that the agreement will be formalized in the upcoming days, during the World Test Championship (WTC) final in London, where representatives from the BCCI and CWI will convene.
West Indies vs India, Tentative schedule:
Test series:
- First Test: July 12-16, Dominica
- Second Test: July 20-24, Trinidad
ODI series:
- First ODI: July 27, Barbados
- Second ODI: July 29, Barbados
- First ODI: August 1, Trinidad
T20I series:
- First T20I: August 4, Trinidad
- Second T20I: August 6, Guyana
- Third T20I: August 8, Guyana
- Fourth T20I: August 12, Florida
- Fifth T20I: August 13, Florida
Notably, West Indies will soon be seen in action in the ICC Wo๊rld Cup Qualifiers, startinh June 18 in Zimbabwe. The Caribbean team are placed in Group A that features other sides such as hosts Zimbabwe, Nepal, Netherlands and United States of America. Similarly, the Group B compﷺrises of Sri Lanka, Ireland, Scotland, Oman and United Arab Emirates.
