India to play five ODIs and one Twenty20 in Sri Lanka

[Rajan]

i am not sure how much profit BCCI would make if we tour SL. SL shud visit india if BCCI hope to recover even a small part of the losses suffered in cancellation of champions league. Pak tour might not have hurt BCCI finiancially much- hardly a couple of million dollars.

[cochise]

Good news..India might get NZ to play a third test before finalising SL tour: http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/385391.html

An Indian one-day series against Sri Lanka is still in the realm of speculation, the BCCI has said, and will be considered only after the board receives a response from New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on its request for adding an extra Test to the original two-Test tour schedule....

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[Lord]

goood.now people saying BCCI only cares about the money,what will they do?

[Show_stopper]

Wow!! BCCI is doing something about the NZ tests..great to hear!!

[Akshat]

So what happened to this this speculation? Will India have 3 ODIs with Lanka in Feb or not?

[Guest Hiten.]

So what happened to this this speculation? Will India have 3 ODIs with Lanka in Feb or not?

Yes. Most likely India will tour SL. I would have instead called SL over for tests in India.

[satishg]

Yes. Most likely India will tour SL. I would have instead called SL over for tests in India.

well BCCI is trying to make up for their losses so no way they wud have called SL for tests because right now its not creating revenue at all which is quite evident..so they wanted an ODI series and guess they will settle for it no matter where it is played..

[Dirty_South]

India to tour SL next month

[zubinpepsi]

stupid BCCI we shud have asked them to come over to india to play couple of tests.... playing useless ODIs.. i hare BCCI

[flamy]

Baw!!!!!!!!!

[Shane]

5 ODI's and a 20-20 http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/386280.html

[fineleg]

instead of ODIs, we shud have arranged Tests with SL - but then again, Test team may not want to get BAWed again!

[TaNk]

India to play 5 ODIs in Sri Lanka next month January 13,2009 India will travel to Sri Lanka for a five-match limited overs series next month after canceling its scheduled tour of Pakistan. Sri Lanka cricket media manager Shane Fernando said the tour, including a Twenty20 match, will be played in the early weeks of February, but dates and venues are yet to be finalized. India's tour was hastily arranged after it canceled a scheduled visit to Pakistan this month. That tour was called off in the wake of the Mumbai terrorist attacks in November in which at least 164 people died. Sri Lanka has already agreed to play three one-day internationals with Pakistan starting Jan. 21, and will play two tests later in February _ to fill the gap created by India's cancellation of its tour. India's visit to Sri Lanka _ to be undertaken before its travels to New Zealand for two tests, five limited-overs internationals and a Twenty20 match _ was finalized at a meeting Sri Lankan cricket officials held with Narainswamy Srinivasan, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. After the canceling its tour to Pakistan, the Indian cricket board is seeking more fixtures for its team as its commercial revenue is linked to the number of games it plays. The BCCI's balance sheet is showing losses after two one-day internationals against England were scrapped following the Mumbai terror attacks. England went home, but later returned to India for two tests. The terror attacks also led to the postponement by a year of the inaugural edition of a potentially lucrative Twenty20 Champions League, featuring provincial teams from five nations. India has also offered to play an extra test match against New Zealand, whose cricket officials are yet to respond with a new itinerary.

[Shane]

instead of ODIs' date=' we shud have arranged Tests with SL - but then again, Test team may not want to get BAWed again![/quote'] Yup ... would be too long too ... 5 odi's get em once again MSD !!!

[Shane]

P.S. There will be an addition to the squad this time ... some guy by the name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar !!!

[Shane]

Could have renamed the earlier thread ... but ne wayz ... :yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:

[SachDan]

:yay::yay:

[Shane]

Lovely ... this will be Aug all over again ... Bring on the SS this time around !!!

[Feed]

India to play five ODIs and one Twenty20 in Sri Lanka More... India to play five ODIs and one Twenty20 in Sri Lanka Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:01am GMT MUMBAI, Jan 13 (Reuters) - India will play five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 international in Sri Lanka in the coming weeks to help recover lost revenue from cancelled events. Indian board officials finalised the series, to take place in late January and early February, after a meeting with their Sri Lankan counterparts in Colombo on Tuesday. "The itinerary of the tour will be finalised and released in a couple of days," the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement. The cash-rich BCCI reported a revenue loss of around $25 million from the postponement of last year's Champions Trophy in Pakistan, the scrapping of two one-dayers against England and this month's tour of Pakistan in the wake of the militant attacks in Mumbai late lasy year. They are also seeking to add a third test to their New Zealand tour itinerary in March and April. (Reporting by Sanjay Rajan; Editing by Martin Petty)

[cowboysfan]

instead of ODIs' date=' we shud have arranged Tests with SL - but then again, Test team may not want to get BAWed again![/quote'] 10 overs of BAW is long enough.