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[u]Test Match Series - Border/Gavaskar Trophy?[/U]
October 2-6 First Test - Mohali
October 10-14 Second Test - Bangalore
[U]ODI Series[/U]
October 19 First ODI - Kochi
October 22 Second ODI - Goa
October 24 Third ODI - Vishakapatnam
BCCI requests Australia for Tests
In its quest to maintain India's No.1 Test ranking the BCCI has sent a proposal to Cricket Australia to convert the seven-match ODI series in October to two Tests and three ODIs. India had climbed to the top spot in 2009, after drubbing Sri Lanka 2-0 at home, and then retained the ranking by fighting back to level the two-Test series against South Africa in February.
"We've got an open mind on it but it's being discussed and that could be the road down which we will go," a CA spokesman told the Australian on Tuesday.
This is not the first time the Indian board has intervened to change the original itinerary of a proposed tour. Earlier this year Cricket South Africa had agreed to a compressed tour of two Tests and three ODIs, replacing the original five-match ODI series. India's change of mind came in the wake of ascending to the No.1 Test ranking for the first time, and they were eager to preserve it.
According to the ICC's Future Tours Programme, India were scheduled to play only a handful of Tests in 2010, an aberration the BCCI is desperate to correct. So far this year, India have played four Tests but are lined up to play three in Sri Lanka in July, and then another three at home against New Zealand at the end of the year.
BCCI requests Australia for Tests
Whoop de whoop. I'd prefer it if we hosted India first, but ah well. Should be good prep for the Ashes, seeing as we haven't played any good teams since the last Ashes.
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