Indian, WI players arrive for first ODI

Members of the Indian and West Indies cricket teams arrived here today for the first One-day International, scheduled to be held here on Wednesday.

The Indian team members who arrived here this afternoon, included Virat Kholi, Mohammed Shami, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayadu, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvnesh Kumar,Umesh Yadav and Ravinder Jadeja.

Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav, the new face in the team, is expected to reach by an evening flight along with Mohit Sharma.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina are expected to reach here by tonight, Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) sources said.

West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo and Andre Russell had reached yesterday.
 

The Indian team is expected to practise tomorrow morning, followed by the West Indians in the afternoon.