Skipper Virat Kohli will be attending the team press conference before India travel to the United States and West Indies for three T20s, as many ODIs and two Tests.
The Indian cricket team is scheduled to leave on Monday and skipper Kohli will take questions from the media at a Mumbai hotel on Monday before the departure, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed on Sunday (July 28).
Earlier, there were reports that there will be no pre-departure press conference.
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Team India chief selector MSK Prasad on July 21 had announced the squads at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai.
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Kohli will lead India in all three formats. Batsman Shikhar Dhawan, who was ruled out of the World Cup after sustaining a left-hand injury, has returned to the side for the ODIs and T20Is matches.
However, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been rested for the three ODIs and as many T20s.
In Dhoni's absence, Rishabh Pant will be the wicket-keeper. Pant was named across all three formats, while Wriddhiman Saha has found a spot for the two Tests.
Krunal Pandya and Manish Pandey, who were in brilliant form in the recently-concluded unofficial ODI series against West Indies A, have also been named in the T20I squad.
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Ravindra Jadeja, who gave an impressive performance in the World Cup semi-final, has also found a spot for all the three formats. Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, R Ashwin and Umesh Yadav have been included for the Tests.
Following are the squads for West Indies tour -
T20Is: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wk), Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar and Navdeep Saini.
ODIs: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kedar Jadhav, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed and Navdeep Saini.
Tests: Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane (vc), Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (wk) Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Umesh Yadav.
(Agency Inputs)
