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Mumbai, July 19: The Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI) has altered some dates and venues of
forthcoming tours to India by Australia and Pakistan later this
year.
As per the revised BCCI schedule, Australia
and India would play the fourth of their best-of-seven ODI
series on October 8 at Chandigarh's Sector 16 stadium.
This was necessitated as Haryana Cricket
Association had decided to host the originally allotted ODI
against Pakistan in Chandigarh instead of the originally
scheduled Faridabad.
As per the BCCI's policy, the same city
cannot host two ODIs of the same series. Mohali, on the
outskirts of Chandigarh, was already hosting a ODI against
Pakistan. Haryana, instead of hosting the first ODI against
Pakistan, will conduct the fourth ODI against Australia while
Guwahati, earlier scheduled to play host to the series opener
against Australia, has been allotted the opener against
Pakistan.
The Pakistan tour dates have also been
advanced to accommodate the venue changes and they play their
first ODI on November 5 instead of November 6 and will play the
second ODI on November 8 instead of the earlier scheduled
November 9. The rest of the Pakistan programme remains the same.
Australia are slated to play seven ODIs and a
Twenty20 tie against India (to be confirmed) during their visit
from September 25 to October 20, while Pakistan will play five
ODIs followed by a three-Test series between November 1 and
December 12. (Agencies)
The revised tour schedule:
| Australian tour: |
Pakistan tour |
Sept 25:
Australian team arrives
Sept 29: 1st ODI at Bangalore (D/N)
Oct 2: 2nd ODI, Kochi
Oct 5: 3rd ODI, Hyderabad
Oct 8: 4th ODI, Chandigarh
Oct 11: 5th ODI at Vadodara
Oct 14: 6th ODI at Nagpur
Oct 17: 7th and final ODI, Mumbai (D/N)
Oct 20: Twenty20 tie (to be confirmed)
Oct 21: Australian team departs |
Nov 1:
Pakistan team arrives
Nov 2: Practice one-day match at Delhi
Nov 5: 1st ODI, Guwahati
Nov 8: 2nd ODI, Mohali (D/N)
Nov 12: 3rd ODI, Kanpur
Nov 15: 4th ODI, Gwalior (D/N)
Nov 18: 5th ODI, Jaipur (D/N)
Nov 22-26: 1st Test, Delhi
Nov 30-Dec 4: 2nd Test, Kolkata
Dec 8-12: 3rd Test, Bangalore
Dec 13: Pakistan team departs. |
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