BCCI finalises Australia's itinerary to India

New Delhi, Wed, 09 Apr 2008 NI Wire

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the itinerary of four-match Test series against Australia, which is scheduled to arrive in India later in the year.


According to a BCCI release, the tourists will arrive in the country on Sept. 29 and begin their four-test tour with a four-day warm-up game, venue to be announced later, from Oct. 2-5.

Australia will once again start of their campaign in Bangalore that will host the first Test, as it did when Australia visited India in 2004-05.

The team will then travel to travel to Mohali for the second test after a three-day gap. Delhi will host the third Test a week later followed by the final and the fourth test in Nagpur from November 5 to 9, where Australia regained the Border-Gavaskar trophy previously.

Australia is the current holders of the Border-Gavaskar trophy after they claimed it 2-1 in their home series earlier this year.

FIXTURE

October 2-5: Tour match
October 9-13: First Test, Bangalore
October 17-21: Second Test, Mohali
October 28-Novermber 1: Third Test, Delhi
November 5-9: Fourth Test, Nagpur



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