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'Kohli ke hue bhagwaan darshan' - Fans react as Sir Gary Sobers meets Virat Kohli and rest of Indian team during training session

Sir Gary Sobers visited the Indian training camp and met the players including Virat Kohli. Here's the wholesome video and fan reactions.

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Virat Kohli met Gary Sobers (Source: Twitter)

Team India is all set to play a multi-format tour of the West Indies following a short off-season after their disappointing display in the World Test Championship (WTC) Final 2021-23. Team India were thrashed by Australia by 209 runs at the Oval, the last time the team was active in a competitive game. They would like to shake off their defeat and turn their heads toward the next challenge – the tour of the West Indies.

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The two teams will contest in two Tests, three ODIs, and five T20Is. A few of the T20Is will also take place in Florida, making it a tour of the West Indies and the USA. Moreover, Moreover, it will also be the first shot at getting off the mark in the World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle for both sides. Reportedly, the Indian team has already touched down in the Caribbean lands and have started training for the tour from Saturday.

On Tuesday, Team India had a special visitor at their training camp. Legendary West Indian cricketer, Sir Gary Sobers visited the Indian team and met the players next to the pavilion named after him at the Kensington Oval. The video of the meet and greet has gone viral all over the Internet with special players like Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, and Rohit Sharma garnering more attention than the others.

Here’s the viral video:

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The first Test between India and West Indies is scheduled to begin on July 12

India’s tour of the West Indies kickstarts on July 12 with the first Test being played at Windsor Park Dominica. Here how India’s squad for the two Tests looks like - Rohit Sharma (Capt), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (VC), KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini.

The Indian squad will train at Kensington Oval until they are privately chartered to Dominica before the Test Series, according to a Cricket West Indies (CWI) official. The West Indies team will set up camp at the Coolidge Cricket Ground's High-Performance Centre in the meantime. Prior to the Test, they will then go to Dominica.

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Here’s how fans reacted:

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