India v West Indies: New Delhi to host West Indies ODI instead of Cuttack

Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made scheduling changes to the West Indies tour of India in October-November. The changes have been made to the Twenty20 International and One-Day International (ODI) series' and not Tests.

The main difference in the new schedule is that the second ODI which was to be played in Cuttack will now be held in New Delhi, while the lone T20I, previously scheduled for the national capital, has now been given to Cuttack.

"The match schedule of the series between India and the West Indies to be played in October-November had to be revised due to operational reasons. Cuttack will now host the one-off T20I and Delhi will host the second ODI," BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said in a statement Saturday.

"Vishakhapatnam and Dharamshala will host the third and fourth ODIs respectively. The final ODI will be played at Kolkata."

The tour will start with the five-match ODI series in Kochi on October 8, which will be followed by a lone T20I in Cuttack on October 22 before the three-match Test series, starting on October 30.

The revised schedule:

Oct 3: Practice match in Mumbai

Oct 5: Practice match in Mumbai

Oct 8: 1st ODI in Kochi

Oct 11: 2nd ODI in New Delhi

Oct 14: 3rd ODI in Vishakhapatnam

Oct 17: 4th ODI in Dharamshala

Oct 20: 5th ODI in Kolkata

Oct 22: T20I in Cuttack

Oct 25-27: West Indies v Board President's XI in Kanpur

Oct 30-Nov 3: 1st Test in Hyderabad

Nov 7-11: 2nd Test in Bengaluru

Nov 15-19: 3rd Test in Ahmedabad