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India's South Africa tour programme

Special Correspondent

Mumbai: India will play three Tests and five one-day internationals on its tour of South Africa this winter. The BCCI's Tour Programmes & Fixtures committee, after a meeting with the United Cricket Board South Africa (UCBSA) CEO Gerald Majola, finalised the tour programme here at the Cricket Club of India (CCI). According to the BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah, India, Sri Lanka and South Africa will play a tri-series in Sri Lanka in August.

Mr. Shah said that South Africa `A' would figure in the 2006-07 Duleep Trophy championship. South Africa `A' will also play five one-dayers against the India `A' team. The India `A' team will tour South Africa in March-April 2007 and play three `Tests' and five one-dayers.

Other decisions taken at the P & F meeting: India under-19 to play two four-day Tests and three one-dayers in Pakistan this September, Ranji one-dayers to be played in coloured clothing and wherever possible under lights and to extend the Elite and Plate format to the under-17 tournament.

Mr. Shah and former BCCI President Inderjit Singh Bindra would leave for the U.S. on Friday for talks with officials of the West Indies and USA Cricket Boards to finalise the venue for the offshore matches there. — Special Correspondent

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