Watch: 'It was Virat's first Test series' — Dravid, Kohli recall 2011 West Indies tour

Virat Kohli made his Test cricket debut in West Indies in 2011 and 12 years later he is back in the Caribbean islands for another cricketing assignment Accompanying him is another survivor from the tour, Rahul Dravid, who was a player back then. Now he is the head coach of Team India.

The first Test of the 2023 tour will be played at Dominica which was the venue for the third Test on the 2011 tour in which Kohli made his Test debut.

In a video shared by BCCI on Wednesday, both Kohli and Dravid could be seen reminiscing “some special Dominica memories”.

“When I came here in 2011, that was a very special occasion for this Island and for the ground here. To come back in a different capacity, to come here as a coach and bring a team here, Virat was the only one who was there when we came here in 2011,” Dravid said.

“I remember it was Virat’s first Test series with the Indian team, he was this young kid who had done really well in One Day cricket and he was just finding his feet a little bit in Test cricket.

“But you could see there was a special talent out there and you could see that he was going to be around for a while. How long you can never say, so you can be very proud of his journey,” Dravid added.

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12 years on Rahul Dravid & Virat Kohli reminisce some special Dominica memories