Friday 23rd October 2009
BCCI releases Lanka series itinerary
The BCCI released the itinerary of SL's tour of India that features three Test, five one-day internationals and two T20 matches.
According to a BCCI statement, Sri Lanka cricket team will arrive in Mumbai on November 8 and stay there till November 13 during which they play a practice match against Board's President XI.
The visitors will then leave for Ahmedabad on November 14 for the first Test starting November 16.
After the conclusion of the opening Test on November 20, Kumar Sangakkara and his men's will head for Kanpur for the second Test starting November 24.
From there, they move to Mumbai, venue of the third Test from December 2 before playing two Twenty20 matches in Nagpur (Dec 9) and Mohali (Dec 12).
The tour will round off with the five-match ODI series that begin on December 15 at Rajkot before the action shifts to Vizag (Dec 18), Cuttack (Dec 21), Kolkata (Dec 24) and Delhi (Dec 27).
On December 28, the Lankans return home.
Itinerary: Nov 8: Sri Lanka Team arrives at Mumbai.
Nov 11-13: 3-day practice match Vs Board President's XI at Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai.
Nov 14: Travel to Ahmedabad
Nov 16-20: 1st Test against India at Ahmedabad.
Nov 21: Travel to Kanpur:
Nov 24-28: 2nd Test against India at Kanpur.
Nov 29: Travel to Mumbai.
Dec 2-6: 3rd Test against India in Mumbai.
Dec 7: Travel toNagpur.
Dec 9: 1st Twenty20 at Nagpur (D/N).
Dec 10: Travel to Chandigarh.
Dec 12: 2nd Twenty20 Match in Mohali (D/N).
Dec 13: Travel to Rajkot.
Dec 15: 1st ODI against India at Rajkot.
Dec 16: Travel to Vishakhapatnam.
Dec 18: 2nd ODI against India at Vizag (D/N).
Dec 19: Travel to Cuttack.
Dec 21: 3rd ODI against India at Cuttack (D/N)
Dec 22: Travel to Kolkata.
Dec 24: 4th ODI against India in Kolkata (D/N).
Dec 25: Travel to Delhi.
Dec 27: 5th ODI against India in Delhi (D/N).
Dec 28: Team departs.
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