India vs West Indies 2016: BCCI announces schedule for upcoming four-Test series

New Delhi: India will play two warm-up games before the gruelling four-match Test series against the West Indies during their 49-day tour to the Caribbean, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Thursday. The tour will start with a two-day practice match from 9 July in St. Kitts followed by a three-day warm-up match from 14 July at the same venue. [caption id=“attachment_2702198” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Indian test team. GettyImages[/caption] The first Test will begin from 21 July at the Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua and Barbuda while the second from 30 July at the Sabina Park in Jamaica. The newly named Darren Sammy Cricket Stadium at St Lucia will host the third Test from 9 August while the final match will be played at the Queen’s Park Oval from 18 August in Trinidad and Tobago. The West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) head of operations Roland Holder said all the four venues “are ready to host the visiting Indian team”. The Virat Kohli-led team is expected to depart for the Caribbean on 6 July with a new coaching staff, applications for which were advertised by the BCCI on Wednesday. The deadline for the applications is 10 June and the new staff is expected to be announced by 25 June.