New Delhi, Aug 16 : After an absence of a few days in the BCCI, the BCCI is scheduled to return to the India A tour in the beginning of September with scheduled tours coming from New Zealand and possibly, Australia. The India A programme will be run by VVS Laxman and his NCA support staff group of Sairaj Bahutule and Sitanshu Kotak.
New Zealand A will arrive in India at the close of August, for three days of matches as well as an additional List A matches.All matches are expected to be played in Bengaluru according to according to an ESPNcricinfo report.
It has been reported that the BCCI is also considering the possibility of playing a pink-ball match during the series, however, the final decision is still to be made.In particular, New Zealand A played a pink-ball match on their previous trip to India in 2017-18.
However, the game, which was played in Vijayawada was a day game regardless of being played with the pink ball.If the match in the coming series next month happen it is scheduled to be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The New Zealand A tour is likely to coincide with the Duleep Trophy, the zonal first-class tournament, which will be the first event on India’s domestic calendar in the 2022-23 season.The tournament, which will feature six teams, will be played from September 8 through 25 in Chennai and Coimbatore.
The home match against New Zealand will be first assignment for India A since their visit to South Africa late last year just prior to the three-Test series of the national team in December.
“The BCCI is also understood to be in talks with Cricket Australia for a tour towards the close of the year, probably in November – before the beginning of the Ranji Trophy and India’s next Test match that will take place in Bangladesh,” the report further stated.
The Bangladesh tour, which consists of two Tests which will be India’s last World Test Championship (WTC) assignment.They will conclude the current stage of the WTC with the four-test series against home Australia in February and March.
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