Australia agree to India Test proposal - Dates changed

[lethal_raina]

Indian Cricket Board re-schedules Australia tour The Indian Cricket Board has revised the schedule of the upcoming home tour of Australia but the re-jigged dates continue to clash with October's Commonwealth Games. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had sought Sports Ministry's intervention in pursuing the BCCI to change the dates of the tour to avoid a clash with the Games. However, the Board had said that they have not been approached by anyone for any change. According to the revised itinerary, the two Test matches against Australia have been advanced by one day each. The first Test will now be held from October 1 in Mohali and second from October 9 in Bangalore. The dates of the One-day series have also been changed. The first ODI will be played on October 17 in Kochi and second on October 20 in Vizag.

[SachDan]

BCCI re-schedules India-Australia series NEW DELHI: The Indian Cricket Board has revised the schedule of the upcoming home tour of Australia but the re-jigged dates continue to clash with October's Commonwealth Games. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had sought sports ministry's intervention in pursuing the BCCI to change the dates of the tour to avoid a clash with the Games. However, the Board had said that they have not been approached by anyone for any change. According to the revised itinerary, the two Test matches against Australia have been advanced by one day each. The first Test will now be held from October 1 in Mohali and second from October 9 in Bangalore. The dates of the one-day series have also been changed. The first ODI will be played on October 17 in Kochi and second on October 20 in Vizag. The third ODI will be played on October 24 in Goa. The BCCI also released the schedule of the New Zealand home tour, which will begin with the first Test from November 4 in Ahmedabad. The second Test will be played from November 12-16 in Kanpur while the third and final Test is scheduled for Nagpur from November 20-24. A five-match ODI series will be played after the three-match Test series. ODI Schedule: 1st ODI on November 28 in Guwahati. 2nd ODI on December 1 in Mohali. 3rd ODI on December 4 in Hydereabad. 4th ODI on December 7 in Bangalore 5th ODI on December 10 in Chennai.

[saneindian]

Mohali, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Kanpur and Nagpur are the venues for the tests when a test should have been allotted to Mumbai (Brabourne stadium), Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad where we will have decent crowd for tests. Mohali, Nagpur, Kanpur and Ahmedabad should not be hosting tests. Aud ODIs at Kochi, Vizag and Goa, which is perfect. NZ ODIs at Guwahati, Mohali, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai.The last 3 centres should be holding tests and ODIs given to centres like Nagpur and Mohali. Hopefully floodlights at Guwahati have been renovated and we won't have a shortened match there.