The Indian team departed for England and Wales on Tuesday night for the 2019 World Cup, which starts on May 30 with hosts England taking on South Africa.

After a confident and upbeat pre-departure press conference earlier in the day, Kohli & Co. looked set to embark on their quest to bring home India's third 50-over World Cup trophy. So far, India have lifted the coveted trophy in 1981 and 2011 while the Men in Blue also won the inaugural World T20 title in South Africa in 2007.

India will reach England on Wednesday and will play two practice games on May 25 (New Zealand at The Oval) and May 28 (Bangladesh at Cardiff) before beginning their campaign against the Proteas on June 5 at the Rose Bowl.

The players including Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and others shared photos of them on social media before their departure.

Jet set to go ✈✈#CWC19 #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/k4V9UC0Zao

— BCCI (@BCCI) May 21, 2019

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All geared up for the #CWC19. Off we go ✈✈

A post shared by jasprit bumrah (@jaspritb1) on May 21, 2019 at 2:20pm PDT

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On the go ✈️♠️ England, we’re coming 🇮🇳 #cwc19

A post shared by Hardik Pandya (@hardikpandya93) on May 21, 2019 at 12:13pm PDT

Finally ✈️✈️✈️ for World Cup #cricket #iccworldcup2019 #uk #london @vijayshankar260 @BCCI pic.twitter.com/pahY8L8o0j

— Mohammad Shami (@MdShami11) May 21, 2019

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Off to England ✈️🇮🇳🏆

A post shared by Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal23) on May 21, 2019 at 3:46pm PDT

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Lets go! Off to England for the World Cup ✈️ #TeamIndia 🇮🇳

A post shared by Kuldeep Yadav 🇮🇳 (@kuldeep_18) on May 21, 2019 at 7:42pm PDT