BCCI shared a video of Team India’s entire flight journey from Mumbai to Southampton. Both men’s and women’s cricketers boarded the same flight enroute United Kingdom.

• BCCI shared a video of Team India’s entire flight journey from Mumbai to Southampton

• Both men’s and women’s cricketers boarded the same flight enroute United Kingdom

• While Virat Kohli & Co. will play the WTC final and five Tests versus England, Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur-starrer Indian eves will play England in a historic one-off Test on June 16-19

The Indian cricket team has kicked off its English summer 2021. While the Indian men’s cricket team, led by Virat Kohli, is set to play New Zealand in the ICC World Test Championship final (WTC) on June 18, in Southampton, they will remain in England till August-September as they also play Joe Root-led England in five Tests in the lengthy and gruelling tour.

Moreover, the Mithali Raj-led Indian eves are also set to play England in a one-off Test, in Bristol from June 16-19, followed by three ODIs and as many T20Is, where Harmanpreet Kaur will take charge of the side. Hence, both the senior men’s and women’s cricket team is set to commence their summer in English conditions and arrived in the United Kingdom recently.

BCCI had arranged the same flight for both the men’s and women’s unit, from Mumbai to Southampton, and also shared the video of the entire flight journey. It captioned the post, “Excitement is building up as #TeamIndia arrive in England”