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Indian team leaves for West Indies

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Press Trust of India London
After lifting the Champions Trophy with a remarkable unbeaten run here, the victorious Indian cricket team today departed for Jamaica to compete in an ODI tri-series against the West Indies and Sri Lanka starting June 28.

"Off to jamaica nw,,, Nxt mission ahead ,had a lovely time in England....," tweeted all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja with a picture of his boarding pass.

"On board to Jamaica,with the new speed gun that's joined us," said off-spinner R Ashwin on his twitter handle with a picture of Mohammed Shami, who replaced an injured Irfan Pathan in the team.

The first three matches of the series would be played in Jamaica (from June 28 to July 2) before the action shifts to Trinidad (from July 5 to July 11).
 

India will open their campaign against the West Indies on June 30.

Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Murali Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, R Vinay Kumar.

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First Published: Jun 26 2013 | 4:55 PM IST

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