Guwahati to host India-Australia ODI

The seven ODIs will be played at Guwahati, Delhi, Mumbai, Mohali, Hyderabad, Nagpur and Jaipur. Guwahati, deprived of international cricket due to reasons varying from weather to security, was among the seven cities picked by BCCI. Guwahati was scheduled to host the final India-England ODI last year in November but Kevin Pietersen and his men returned home midway through the series after the Mumbai terror attacks. The match had looked in trouble even before that because of serial blasts in the North Eastern city. A couple of years earlier, the city lost out on hosting the two teams due to bad weather which led to crowd violence. BCCI`s Tour Programme and Fixtures Committee decided that the match schedule for the India-Australia would be finalized after the logistics are worked out, Board secretary N Srinivasan, who chaired the meeting in the absence of Lalit Modi, said in a statement. The domestic schedule for the season was also drawn up. It was decided that the Duleep Trophy would be held on a knock-out basis and South Zone would host the inaugural edition of the BCCI Corporate Trophy from September 1-8.

A couple of years earlier, the city lost out on hosting the two teams due to bad weather which led to crowd violence.  BCCI’s Tour Programme and Fixtures Committee decided that the match schedule for the India-Australia would be finalized after the logistics are worked out, Board secretary N Srinivasan, who chaired the meeting in the absence of Lalit Modi [Images], said in a statement on Wednesday.

The domestic schedule for the season was also drawn up. It was decided that the Duleep Trophy would be held on a knock-out basis and South Zone would host the inaugural edition of the BCCI Corporate Trophy from September 1-8.

The 12 participating teams in the Inter-Corporate tournament would be divided into three groups of four sides each and matches will be played on league-cum-knockout basis. The inter-state Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, that was not held in the previous season, will be held, Srinivasan said. Women cricketers would be playing only limited overs matches, one-dayers and T20 ties. In junior cricket, the C K Nayudu Trophy for under-22 players and the Cooch Behar Trophy for under-19 cricketers would be played in a two-tier format – Elite Group and Plate Group – on a home and away basis.