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JE Sports Desk: Ahead of the upcoming Test series against West Indies, India star players Virat Kohli, Mohammed Siraj and head coach Rahul Dravid played a beach volleyball game with other members of the squad on Monday.

India wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan took the role of cameraman as other team members enjoyed a day out in Barbados upon landing for the all-format tour against Windies.

The official Twitter handle of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared the video in which the likes of Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravichandran Ashwin and Shardul Thakur were seen in a light mood in the video.

โ€œWeโ€™re thankful for the team management to get two days for the boys to fight jetlag and we hit the ground running from tomorrow. We just had a light NEC recreation day and thatโ€™s about it,โ€ India's strength and conditioning coach Soham Desai said in the video.

India are all set to face West Indies for two Tests, three ODIs and as many T20Is, commencing from July 12 with the first Test in Dominica.

India last toured the Caribbean in 2019 and remained unbeaten across formats under the leadership of Kohli.

After the loss against Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) Final and missing the second consecutive title, India made changes in their Test squad and dropped veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara to rope in youngsters Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad as the team gears up for the next WTC cycle.

Rohit Sharma will lead India in Tests and ODIs while the squad for the shortest format will be declared later. India will also start preparations for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023 and ODI World Cup 2023 with this tour.

India have not lifted any ICC title since the 2013 Champions Trophy and will look to break the deadlock at home later this year.

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.

India's ODI squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar.

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