India squad arrives in Ahmedabad for ODIs against West Indies

Members of the Indian cricket team have arrived here for the three-match ODI series against the West Indies beginning on February 6.

Published : Jan 31, 2022 17:41 IST , AHMEDABAD

FILE PHOTO: The series will be the first for Rohit Sharma as white-ball captain of the side. He could not travel to South Africa due to a hamstring injury.
FILE PHOTO: The series will be the first for Rohit Sharma as white-ball captain of the side. He could not travel to South Africa due to a hamstring injury.
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FILE PHOTO: The series will be the first for Rohit Sharma as white-ball captain of the side. He could not travel to South Africa due to a hamstring injury.

Members of the Indian cricket team have arrived here for the three-match ODI series against the West Indies beginning on February 6.

All players entered the bio bubble between Sunday and Monday.

"They will undergo a three day quarantine," a BCCI official told PTI .

The series will be the first for Rohit Sharma as white-ball captain of the side. He could not travel to South Africa due to a hamstring injury.

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Leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal had posted photo of his departure for Ahmedabad on Saturday. He was sitting in the aircraft alongside Shikhar Dhawan.

Spinner Kuldeep Yadav has made a comeback into the team while leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi has received a maiden call up.

Due to the threat of COVID-19, BCCI reduced the venues of three ODIs and as many T20Is to two. The three T20Is will be played in Kolkata.

Fresh from its home T20I series win against England, the West Indies squad will land here later in the week. 

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