South Africa to tour India in Oct/Nov

Wednesday 27th May 2015 10:34 EDT
 

Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Nagpur will host the four-Test matches against South Africa when the Proteas tour the country in October and November.

The BCCI Tour Programme and Fixtures Committee, which met on Sunday, allocated the venues for the international matches. According to a BCCI media release, South Africa will be playing four Tests, five ODIs and three T20 Internationals while Sri Lanka play three T20 Internationals in India. With the ICC World T20 slated to be held next year, the BCCI has taken pains to schedule six T20 Internationals.

The five ODI venues for the South Africa matches will be Chennai, Kanpur, Rajkot and Mumbai with either Indore or Gwalior hosting one match. The Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) will take a call on it at a later stage.

The three T20 Internationals against South Africa will be held at Kolkata, Mohali and Dharamsala. The three T20 Internationals against Sri Lanka will be held in Pune, Visakhapatnam and Delhi.

India's T20 schedule

Month Series

July2 T20s vs Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe

September 3 T20s vs South Africa in India

January 3 T20s vs Australia in Australia

February 3 T20s vs Sri Lanka in India

March Asia Cup (T20 format) in Bangladesh

Contract system for women

The BCCI's women's cricket committee proposed, among other things, a contract system for women cricketers. "On the lines of men's cricket, a contract system for international women cricketers was proposed. It was also proposed to have more international fixtures for the Indian women's cricket team," BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said.


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