Members of the Indian cricket crew, presently touring the West Indies, met the legendary Sir Garfield Sobers and shared pleasantries with one of many all-time greats of the game in Barbados. The India crew, led by Rohit Sharma, will play two Assessments in Dominica and Port of Spain starting July 12, following which the facet will tackle the Caribbean in three ODIs and 5 T20Is. The BCCI shared a video of the assembly with the previous West Indies captain, captioning it, “In Barbados & within the firm of greatness. Staff India meets one of many biggest of the sport — Sir Garfield Sobers.” Sobers, 86, arguably one of many best all-rounders to have performed the sport, scored 8,032 runs in 93 Assessments in addition to taking 235 wickets along with his left-arm bowling.

Amongst these to greet Sobers, who was accompanied by his spouse, have been Rohit, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Ravichandran Ashwin and India head coach Rahul Dravid.

Kohli was, the truth is, awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ‘male cricketer of the last decade’ in 2020.

Throughout the temporary interplay, Dravid launched Gill as “certainly one of our most younger thrilling batsmen.”

In Barbados & within the firm of greatness! #TeamIndia meet one of many biggest of the sport – Sir Garfield Sobers #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/f2u1sbtRmP

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 5, 2023

India, following the frustration of shedding the World Check Championship remaining to Australia not too long ago at The Oval, will start their subsequent WTC cycle by taking part in a two-Check sequence in opposition to the West Indies.

Indian crew is predicted to play a warm-up recreation with native crew earlier than leaving for Dominica by the top of this week.