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Xtra Time Web Desk: The Indian players will be travelling to Bridgetown in Barbados in batches for the upcoming tour to West Indies starting with the first test from July 12 in Dominica. The players and support staffs are travelling in batches, due to ticket availability issues. They are taking different flights to reach the Caribbean islands.

Senior players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will be flying from Paris and London respectively. The star duo is currently enjoying their vacations with their families and are expected to join the team next week. The support staffs including Head Coach Rahul Dravid will be travelling from Mumbai.

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The Indian team will undergo a week-long training camp at the Kensington Oval in Barbados starting from July 2. They will also play a practice game during the short camp. The Indian team will be travelling to Roseau, the capital of Dominica on July 8 or 9 for the first test match at Windsor Park.

The Test series will mark the start of India's World Test Championship (WTC) cycle for 2023-2025 against the West Indies. India last played the WTC final against Australia, while the West Indies' last Test series was against South Africa.

India and the West Indies have faced each other 98 times in Test matches, with India winning 22 times and the West Indies winning 30 times. The two teams last met in a Test series in 2019, where India dominated and won 2-0.