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BCCI declares venues for Indo-SA Tests

Kanpur8217;s Green Park Stadium, which has not hosted a Test match in more than three years, will be venue of one of India8217;s three Tests against South Africa in the home series scheduled from March 16.

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Kanpur8217;s Green Park Stadium, which has not hosted a Test match in more than three years, will be venue of one of India8217;s three Tests against South Africa in the home series scheduled from March 16, the Cricket Board announced on Wednesday.

The other two matches in the March-April rubber will be held at Ahmedabad and Chennai, BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said after the Board8217;s Tours Programmes and Fixtures Committee meeting chaired by President-elect Shashank Manohar.

Green Park, a permanent Test venue, hosted a Test match in November, 2004 against Australia but did not host another because of a dispute with the state government.

Matters got resolved and the half a century old Test venue hosted a ODI during the last visit by Pakistan, on November 11, 2007. It will now play host to a Test match against South Africa again.

The committee also decided that Bangalore, Nagpur, Delhi and Mohali will be the venues for the four-Test series against Australia to be held in October-November.

The exact schedule of the two rubbers would be finalised based on the logistics involved, according to Shah.

 

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