Ahead of Test series in India, West Indies to hold week-long camp in Ahmedabad
MUMBAI: Ahead of their two-Test tour of India in Oct this year, the West Indies team will hold a week-long camp and are likely to play a warm-up match too at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The first Test of the series, which will kick off India's 2025-26 home international season in which they will also host South Africa and New Zealand later, is scheduled to be played from Oct 2-6 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The second Test of the series will be played at the Arun Jaitely Stadium in Delhi from Oct 10-14. "The West Indies Cricket Board requested the Board of Control for Cricket in India if the Caribbean team could hold one week-camp and play a practice match in Ahmedabad to prepare for the series.
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The BCCI has agreed to their request after checking with us. We said that we were happy to host the West Indies team for the camp and the warm-up match here," Gujarat Cricket Association secretary
Anil Patel
told TOI on Friday.
It's not clear against which team the West Indies will play the practice tie against-it could be against the local Gujarat team or against a BCCI selectors' picked side.
Captained by allrounder Roston Chase and coached by former West Indies allrounder Daren Sammy, the beleaguered West Indies team lost the three-Test series 3-0 to the might Australia home in June-July, and were shot out for merely 27 in the second innings of the third and final (pink-ball) Test of the series at the Sabina Park in Jamaica.
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