India name squad for tour of West Indies

India Squad:

Virat Kohli (c), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Stuart Binny.

Binny in the squad is a bit of a head scratcher. Kohli's numbers in the Caribbean are surprisingly poor: an average of 27.88 in 9 innings.

Have the dates for the four Tests been announced yet?

Edit: I just read the other thread and venues have been chosen but no dates as of yet.

The dates have not yet been finalised but the first Test in Antigua

should start around July 20-21

Remember Folks,  India wanna manipulate these dates !

currently they need ICC 6 points to # 1 Test rank

BUT ....we gotta watch England pile up points against Lanka 

Jonny Bairstow just achieved a career high ranking !

www.icc-cricket.com/rankings-predictor/test

England is at 105 points to India 112

England just humiliated Lanka in the 1st Test

with 2 more at Chester Le and Lords venues.

How much, if at all, do you think the ongoing CPL will affect ticket sales for the Test matches?

Tri Series is up first in one week.

Between the tri-series, CPL and Test matches, that is a lot of tickets to be sold in a short space of time. It is a shame that the Test series could not have been scheduled after the CPL.

Guyana Amazon Warriors Home Fixtures (all times local):

7 July – Jamaica Tallawahs (7pm), 9 July – St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots (12 Midday),

10 July – Trinbago Knight Riders (7pm), 12 July – St. Lucia Zouks (7pm)


I know TEST match will NOT be held in GUYANA , so rule those fans out  :-[