‘Welcome to the West Indies’: From Virat Kohli to Rahul Dravid, Indian cricket crew’s seashore volleyball time out in Barbados

Mohammed Siraj donned the Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 7 package. Virat Kohli shared a fist pump with head coach Rahul Dravid. Ishan Kishan took over the position of in-charge of morale. “Yes, yahi bol rha tha,” he’d shout from the sidelines.

It was a distinct form of outing as members of the Indian squad and the backroom workers took to some seashore volleyball in Barbados as they arrived within the Caribbean islands for the all-format tour towards the West Indies.

“We’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 that’s about it,” Soham Desai, the Indian crew’s power and conditioning coach mentioned within the newly launched BCCI video.

𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻! 📍

Ishan Kishan takes over the digicam to shoot #WorkforceIndia‘s seashore volleyball session in Barbados 🎥😎

How did Ishan – the cameraman – do behind the lens 🤔#WIvIND | @ishankishan51 pic.twitter.com/ZZ6SoL93dF

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 3, 2023

India are touring the Caribbean for the primary time since 2019, when the Virat Kohli-led aspect went unbeaten throughout codecs.

With an ODI World Cup lower than 100 days away from being hosted in India, the Rohit Sharma captained aspect in two Tests, three ODIs and 5 T20Is, two of which shall be performed in Lauderhill, Florida within the United States of America.

The Test collection beginning July 12 in Dominica will mark the Indian aspect’s first look since their defeat towards Australia within the 2023 World Test Championship Final, their second consecutive within the fixture in two years.

The defeat additionally extended India’s watch for a primary ICC title since 2013 after they received the Champions Trophy in England.