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Team India in 'beach boys' mode before first Test against West Indies

Updated on: 13 July,2016 08:52 AM IST  | 
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Virat Kohli and Team India, who are currently on tour for a month in the West Indies take a little time off to enjoy a day in the sun. Here are some pictures

Team India in 'beach boys' mode before first Test against West Indies

Virat Kohli, Anil Kumble, Cheteshwar Pujara, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan

Virat Kohli and Team India, who are currently on tour for a month in the West Indies take a little time off to enjoy a day in the sun.


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India are currently on tour for a 4-match Test series which will end on August 22.


Captain Virat Kohli makes the victory sign while Cheteshwar Pujara and Shikhar Dhawan are amused. Pic/Pujara
Captain Virat Kohli makes the victory sign while Cheteshwar Pujara and Shikhar Dhawan are amused. Pic/Pujara's Twitter account.

India have played West Indies in 90 Tests with West Indies winning 30 Tests, India winning 16 and 44 drawn matches.

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The highest total in a Test match between the two is 644/7d by India way back in 1979. India has also scored the lowest total when they were all out for just 75 runs in 1987.

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The all time leading scorer between the two teams in Tests is Sunil Gavaskar with 2749 runs. He also has the most Test hundreds with 13 to his name. The leading wicket taker is Kapil Dev with 89 wickets. Kapil Dev also has the best bowling figures in a match with 9/83.

Stuart Binny (left), masseur Arun Kanade, KL Rahul and Umesh Yadav. Pic/Umesh Yadav Instagram account
Stuart Binny (left), masseur Arun Kanade, KL Rahul and Umesh Yadav. Pic/Umesh Yadav Instagram account

Ravichandran Ashwin Ashwin (right) with KL Rahul and two other squad members. Pic/Ravichandran Ashwin Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin Ashwin (right) with KL Rahul and two other squad members. Pic/Ravichandran Ashwin Ashwin's Twitter account

Skipper Virat Kohli with head coach Anil Kumble. Pic/Anil Kumble
Skipper Virat Kohli with head coach Anil Kumble. Pic/Anil Kumble's Twitter account

Shardul Thakur, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja & Shikhar Dhawan savour a boat ride. Pic/Pujara
Shardul Thakur, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja & Shikhar Dhawan savour a boat ride. Pic/Pujara's Twitter account

West Indies have not one a Test match against India since 2002. Their last encounter in a Test match was in November 2013.

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