Lord Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 The BCCI today announced Guwahati, Delhi, Mumbai, Mohali, Hyderabad, Nagpur and Jaipur as the venues for India's seven-match ODI series against Australia, scheduled for October-November this year. The tour programme and fixtures committee of the board which met in Mumbai will finalise the match schedule after the logistics are worked out. Guwahati and Delhi missed out on fixtures during India's previous home ODI series, with England opting to return home after the Mumbai terror attacks last November. The two cities were scheduled to host the last two games of the seven-match series but England flew back soon after the fifth match at Cuttack. However, they returned for the two-Test series that began on December 11. Mumbai was to host the second Test but lost out due to the changed security situation. The panel for the 2009-10 domestic season also decided that the Duleep Trophy would continue to be played on a knockout basis, along with the revival of the inter-state Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 Trophy. The inter-state two-day women's tournament will not feature this year, as only one-dayers and Twenty20 matches have been scheduled in women's cricket. In junior cricket, the CK Nayudu Trophy for Under-22 players and the Cooch Behar Trophy for the U-19s would be played in a two-tier format - elite group and plate group - on a home and away basis
gaurav92 Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 mumbai as a venue so it ll be at dy patil or cci brabourne....anyways i will be going to watch it...:yay: :isalute:
Params7 Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 This series will be awesome. Jam packed venues guaranteed!
cowboysfan Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 make sure they are spinner friendly and the aussies will lose all 7:giggle:
Freedom Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 Bring it on. We will have sachin and Viru by then.... let Aussies face the song!
Kohum Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 GuwahaTi - :hmmm: this was dust bowl last time. I hope it's made better this time.
iHammad Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 cmon India i hate aussies! Own them! YAY I CROSSED 500 POSTS!
umpire Posted July 2, 2009 Posted July 2, 2009 WTF, Ahmedabad or Baroda should have had the game. Aussies declined to play in Ahmedabad and are fine with Mumbai and Guwahati.. scumbags
Dark Warrior Posted July 2, 2009 Posted July 2, 2009 WTF, Ahmedabad or Baroda should have had the game. Aussies declined to play in Ahmedabad and are fine with Mumbai and Guwahati.. scumbags omg! did they??
umpire Posted July 2, 2009 Posted July 2, 2009 Yes. Remember England were suppose to play in Ahmedabad and Mumbai for test matches. Both were cancelled as we know England did not wanted to visit Western part of the country. Now Mumbai gets it and Ahmedabad does not.
Dark Warrior Posted July 2, 2009 Posted July 2, 2009 Yes. Remember England were suppose to play in Ahmedabad and Mumbai for test matches. Both were cancelled as we know England did not wanted to visit Western part of the country. Now Mumbai gets it and Ahmedabad does not. hmmmmmm......... strange
Texy Posted July 2, 2009 Posted July 2, 2009 why are they so bias towards Eden? Kolkata is where the crowd is?
Params7 Posted July 2, 2009 Posted July 2, 2009 Yes. Both were cancelled as we know England did not wanted to visit Western part of the country. Why? What's in the Western part of the country?
umpire Posted July 2, 2009 Posted July 2, 2009 ^nothing It was after 26/11. England were schedule to play in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Both are in western region. England did not wanted to play there, and rightly so. But Aussies are scumbags. We should not play in Melbourne.
yoda Posted July 2, 2009 Posted July 2, 2009 seems like southern states are getting screwed with venues also now. if hyderabad, no bangalore or chennai. if bangalore no chennai or hyderabad. wtf! i bet they will throw in a few matches vs SL chennai's way to shut everyone up.
umpire Posted July 2, 2009 Posted July 2, 2009 Its better to play test matches at Chennai, Mohali, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkatta etc. Let the ODIs be at smaller enues. Btw I think Ahmedabad will host Test match against Lanka.
Bradman99 Posted July 3, 2009 Posted July 3, 2009 ^nothing It was after 26/11. England were schedule to play in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Both are in western region. England did not wanted to play there, and rightly so. But Aussies are scumbags. We should not play in Melbourne. Fair call mate. Except for the scumbags bit lol
Anonymous Posted July 3, 2009 Posted July 3, 2009 I wonder why does the BCCI need to take cricket to the hinterlands ( as if its a dying sport ). Cricket would not reach the masses just by a few thousands watching the matches in guwahati, Jamshedpur, faridabad etc. It is just a money making oppurtunity for the host associations. I think the BCCI must concentrate on the main venues and their modernisations. A ground like the MCG is the benchmark. How will it be viable for the main venues to spend hefty sums on infrastructure when they know that they may be hosting about 5 matches in an year. This is ridiculous.
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