India to start subsequent WTC cycle with two-match sequence in Caribbean
India will start their 2023-2025 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle with a two-match sequence within the Caribbean on July 12. Dominica will host the primary Test, which will probably be India’s first on the venue in over a decade. The Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad will stage the second – and closing – Test from July 20.
The Test sequence will probably be adopted by three ODIs and 5 T20Is, with the tour set to finish on August 13. The closing leg of the tour – the final two T20Is – will probably be hosted on the floor in Lauderhill in Florida, USA. The Kensington Oval in Barbados will host the primary two ODIs earlier than the groups transfer again to Trinidad for the third ODI and the primary T20I. Guyana will then stage the second and third T20Is.
“We also look forward to hosting India in the white ball fixtures and welcoming fans to attend the matches across the region, as well as in the United States,” Johnny Grave, CWI CEO, stated in a media assertion. “It will be 18 days of entertainment for cricket lovers to enjoy and savour.”
Grave additionally advised ESPNcricinfo: “We are working closely with the ICC T20 World Cup team to improve the temporary infrastructure at the Broward County Cricket Stadium [in Lauderhill] for the August T20Is against India with a view to trialling new stands and hospitality facilities that could be used next June at the T20 World Cup. The two matches in Florida, therefore have greater importance as they will help with our T20 World Cup operational plans”
India had confronted West Indies within the first-ever Test in Dominica, at Windsor Park, in July 2011. Local boy Alick Athanaze, who not too long ago struck the joint-fastest half-century on ODI debut, may doubtlessly make his maiden Test look towards India at his house floor.
West Indies’ house sequence towards India is ready to start three days after the tip of their ODI World Cup Qualifier marketing campaign in Harare on July 9. Should West Indies make the ultimate, their Test specialists can have a brief turnaround earlier than the Test sequence opener in Dominica. There can be a chance of the Test gamers being pulled out of the ultimate leg of the World Cup Qualifier to organize for the house Test sequence.
India’s Test workforce is going through some questions after their disappointing efficiency within the WTC final against Australia earlier this week. They have performed each finals of the World Test Championship to date however have been unable to win silverware. Rohit Sharma, within the aftermath of the defeat at The Oval, has requested for the workforce to play otherwise in ICC tournaments. “For the last eight-nine years we have been thinking the same way,” he stated, “That this match is important or this event is important, and it’s not happening for us. So we have to think differently and do things differently. Our message and focus will be on trying to do things differently.”