da heads bet： Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Mohali and Mumbai will host the five oneday internationals between India and England to be played in Januaryin that order
Staff Reporter29-Jun-2001Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Mohali and Mumbai will host the five oneday internationals between India and England to be played in Januaryin that order. This was stated by the secretary of the Board ofControl for Cricket in India JY Lele in Chennai on Friday.The England team is to play a Test series in December. It would thengo back home for Christmas and New Year before returning to play theone day series.Lele, who was the guest of honour at the 71st Annual Day function ofthe Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) also said that the workingcommittee meeting of the BCCI, to be held in the last week of Julywould take a final decision on India’s participation in the SuperChallenge Series to be held in Australia in September.Lele said that the selection committee would meet on July 9 at Mumbaito select the team for the Sri Lanka tour. The Indian team is expectedback from the tour of Zimbabwe on July 8. The captain Sourav Gangulyand coach John Wright are scheduled to stay back in Mumbai for thedeliberations.Lele praised the role the TNCA has played in Indian cricket and addedthat the association is one of the best managed and administered inIndia.BCCI president AC Muthiah delivering the welcome address spoke atlength about the contribution of TNCA towards Indian cricket. Apartfrom hosting Test matches and One Day Internationals, the TNCA hosteda charity match for the victims of the Gujarat earthquake. An amountto the tune of 15 million rupees was raised through the benefit matchplayed between an India team and an Australian XI in March. He addedthat the money would be handed over to Union Sports Minister UmaBharti, who will in turn, hand it over to the Prime Minister ABVajpayee.Muthiah also expressed satisfaction in the continued fight againstmatch fixing taken up by the BCCI. He took pride in the fact that theboard was the forerunner in the crusade and this had been accepted byother cricketing countries. Muthiah said that during the past oneyear, the board was faced with one obstacle or the other and hadovercome them.Later, speaking to the media, Muthiah said that he hoped that thegovernment clearance would be obtained for the participation of theIndian team in the Asian Test Championship. He said that it would beout of order for India not to play Pakistan or any other country in atournament. He added that the BCCI would have to honour itsinternational commitments.