MUMBAI, India (CMC) – Embattled West Indies will seek to enhance their qualification fortunes for the 2019 Cricket World Cup when they clash with powerhouse India in a five-match series starting in the Caribbean next month.
The tour will run from June 23 to July 6, with the lone Twenty20 International scheduled for July 9, the Indian Cricket Board confirmed yesterday.

West Indies are currently ranked ninth in the International Cricket Council’s one-day rankings and are in danger of missing out on automatic qualification for the World Cup.
Hosts England and the other top seven sides in the rankings will book the automatic berths at the showpiece with the remaining teams having to enter a qualifier to determine the two last slots.
West Indies have done themselves no favours this year, whitewashed 3-0 by England last March and beaten 2-1 by Pakistan last month.
The Caribbean side will open the tour against India with two ODIs at Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain on June 23 and 25 before heading to the Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium for the third and fourth matches on June 30 and July 2.

Sabina Park in Kingston will host the final ODI on July 6 and the only T20I three days later.
India, ranked number three in the world, are currently preparing for the Champions Trophy in England which runs from June 1 to 18.
West Indies will be missing from the tournament for the first time since its inception after they were ranked outside the top eight in the world at the cut-off date for qualification.
Since 1979, West Indies and India have played 116 ODIs, West Indies have won 60; India 53; one tied game and two no-results.

In IT20s since 2009; both have played seven matches with West Indies winning 4; India 2 and one ending with no result. The teams last met in August 2016 in Fort Lauderdale, where the 2nd of two Twenty20 matches was abandoned due to rain.

SCHEDULE
Friday, June 23, 1st ODI – Queen’s Park Oval
Sunday, June 25, 2nd ODI – Queen’s Park Oval
Friday, June 30, 3rd ODI – Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
Sunday, July 2, 4th ODI – Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
Thursday, July 6, 5th ODI – Sabina Park
Sunday, July 9, T20I – Sabina Park