Indian squad lands Down Under

India's tour of Australia begins on November 21, with the first T20 match being played in Brisbane.

Virat Kohli poses with a few fans after landing in Brisbane today.

The Indian team touched down in Brisbane today ahead of the three-match Twenty20 International series starting Wednesday.

The second and third T20Is will be played on Friday and Sunday, followed by four Tests and three One-Day Internationals.

Touched down in Brisbane. Looking forward to some good cricket over the next few weeks. Gonna be a cracker pic.twitter.com/oLNqEGnbNr

— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) November 17, 2018

 

This will be India's penultimate overseas tour before the 2019 World Cup and head coach Ravi Shastri, speaking at the press conference ahead of the series, said that the "chopping and changing period is over".

“We will try and play close to those 15 that will go to the World Cup," he said.

Back to Australia. Looking forward to the next few weeks with this champion @RishabPant777 ✌✌ pic.twitter.com/Ikd8La5CUb

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) November 17, 2018

 

While the bowlers did well in the last two away tours (England and South Africa), skipper Virat Kohli said that the team has room for improvement — especially the batsmen.

"We understand what we need to work on so it is up to the individuals to take ownership of that,” he said.

Started my International Cricketing Career with you Australia.
So there's Nostalgia + Excitement as I look forward to the next two months being nothing short of Epic. pic.twitter.com/RCLjuUu40x

— K L Rahul (@klrahul11) November 17, 2018

 

Always has time for his fans! #TeamIndia Captain @imVkohli poses for a few pics here in Brisbane pic.twitter.com/RjiLQZnR0T

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 17, 2018

 

Indian squad for the Test series : Virat Kohli (C), M Vijay, KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Parthiv Patel, Ravi Ashwin, Ravi Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Indian squad for the Twenty20 series:  Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed