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Hyderabad, Rajkot to host Windies Tests

Last Updated 17 March 2018, 13:45 IST

Either Hyderabad or Rajkot may host India's maiden day-night Test match when the West Indies will arrive for a two-Test tour later this year.

The BCCI finalised the Indian team's home series itinerary and picked the two centres for hosting Test matches during the West Indies tour.

"If the Committee of Administrators (CoA) gives its approval, one of the two centres will host the Test under floodlights," a BCCI source told PTI.

The CoA was unhappy that acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary had explored the possibility of playing a day-night Test with head coach Ravi Shastri.

According to the itinerary, the Indian team will play only three Test matches at home -- the historic first against Afghanistan in June along with two more against West Indies in October after Deepavali.

India will also host the Caribbeans for five ODIs in Mumbai, Guwahati, Kochi, Indore and Pune in early November.

The series will end with three Twenty20 Internationals at Kolkata, Chennai and Kanpur. The Kolkata T20 will be held on November 4 but dates for other matches are yet to be known.

India will leave for Australia after the Twenty20 series for a two-month long tour. They will again host Australia for five ODIs and two T20 Internationals in February-March.

The five ODIs will be held in Mohali (February 24), Hyderabad (February 27), Nagpur (March 2), Delhi (March 5) and Ranchi (March 8). The two T20 Internationals will be held in Bengaluru (March 10) and Visakhapatnam (March 13).

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(Published 17 March 2018, 13:42 IST)

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