WI in Kolkata for official T20 warm-ups

KOLKATA, India, (CMC):

West Indies arrived here early yesterday from Dubai to begin their final preparations for the Twenty20 World Cup set to bowl off here today.

The 2012 champions spent the last two weeks in a preparation camp in United Arab Emirates where they also played four unofficial T20 warm-up games - two against Zimbabwe in Sharjah and two versus English County Warwickshire in Dubai.

They won all four fixtures.

The Caribbean side play their two official warm-up matches at Eden Gardens here, taking on hosts and powerhouses India on Thursday and Australia on Sunday.

veteran

Media reports here said star all-rounder Dwayne Bravo was not with the team at the hotel on Monday, having flown to New Delhi following his arrival from Dubai.

However, a team official said the veteran T20 specialist would return in time for the Windies fixtures.

"He has some personal commitments in New Delhi. He will return in time," media reports quoted an unnamed team official as saying.

West Indies have been installed in Group A of the T20 World Cup and will play alongside the likes of South Africa, Sri Lanka and England.