The VCA Stadium in Nagpur will host the two youth Tests in February © Getty Images
Some of the doubts over the Under-19 series between India and England were addressed on Friday when the BCCI announced the schedule for the seven-match tour.
The confusion began two weeks ago when the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association, which was meant to host the two youth Tests, expressed its inability to do so because of “domestic programs”. As a result, the BCCI has rescheduled those games to the Vidarbha Cricket Association stadium in Nagpur.
The four-day matches, starting on February 13 and 21 respectively, would follow five youth ODIs in Mumbai. Wankhede stadium will host the first, fourth and fifth 50-over matches on January 30, February 6 and February 8 while the Cricket Club of India will host the remaining games on February 1 and 3.
On January 7, the TNCA had sent a letter to the BCCI CEO Rahul Johri asking to be excused from hosting duties. “We have a heavy backlog of matches because of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) and the Vardah cyclone,” RA Palani, the joint-secretary and interim caretaker of the TNCA, was quoted as saying in the Hindu.
“We have to conduct the TNCA first division matches, lower division games and inter-university matches. We need grounds to hold our own matches. At a time like this, it will be extremely hard for us to take the responsibility for two under-19 Tests.”
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