The Windies cricket team will tour India in the month of October and November 2018 to play a series of two tests, five One-Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals.
The series is scheduled to be played from October 4, 2018 to November 11, 2018.
This is also the first time when Windies will be playing a Test series in India since 2013-14. That series was also the farewell series of Sachin Tendulkar who bid goodbye to international cricket. The visitors ended up losing both matches by an innings.
Matches
The two test matches will be hosted by Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium and Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium respectively.
Nehru Stadium, Holkar Stadium, Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Wankhede Stadium and Greenfield International Stadium will host the five ODIs respectively. The three T20Is will be held at Eden Gardens, Ekana International Cricket Stadium and M. A. Chidambaram Stadium respectively.
Lucknow's Ekana International Cricket Stadium is set to make its international debut as it will host the second T20I match on November 6.
Full schedule
1st Test: 4-8 October at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
2nd Test: 12-16 October at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
1st ODI: 21st October at Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
2nd ODI: 24th October at Holkar Stadium, Indore
3rd ODI: 27th October at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
4th ODI: 29th October at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
5th ODI: 1st November at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
1st T20I: 4th November at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2nd T20I: 6th November at Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
3rd T20I: 11th November at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Squads
The Board Of Control For Cricket In India is yet to announce the Indian squad
WI squad: Jason Holder (captain), Sunil Ambris, Devendra Bishoo, Kraigg Brathwaite, Roston Chase, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Jahmar Hamilton, Shimon Hitmyer, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Keemo Paul, Kieran Powell, Kemar Roach and Jomel Warrican.
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