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JE Sports Desk:  India will kick off their Wes Indies tour with the first Test that will be played at Windsor Park, Roseau in Dominica.

The players before that had kind and humiliating moments as they met young and local players and also greeted fans who came out to watch them.

Autographs were signed and photographs were given to the fans by Rohit Sharma and Co as they acknowledged the love they have been getting in West Indies.

In a video shared by BCCI on Friday, Mohammed Siraj can be seen giving a bat and shoes and taking photographs with the young local players in Barbados.

 

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Siraj's kind gesture has been getting applause on social media as the fast bowler explained that the local players have been helping them out and working very hard with them so he felt to give them something as a reward for their passion for the game.

Ishan Kishan was seen giving some shot tips to the youngsters with Ajinkya Rahane and skipper Rohit Sharma also posing for photos with local players.

Ravichandran Ashwin was caught having a pep talk with a local player on the stairs as the player also appreciated chatting with the world's one of the finest off-spinner.

 

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The star-batter Virat Kohli gave some autographs to the fans after the training session as Axar Patel and Shubman Gill were also seen doing the same.

Earlier, the men in Blue played a two-day practice match at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.

There have been a few changes in India's Test squad as the veteran Cheteshwar Pujara was dropped and Suryakumar Yadav also failed to find a place in the team for the WI tour.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad after scoring loads of runs in domestic cricket and eventually a great IPL 2023 season finally were rewarded with a maiden call in the Test side.

India will play 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, and 5 T20Is on the West Indies tour.

 

India's Test Squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.