January 3, 2010 3:52 PM

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Nagpur, Kolkata to host Ind-SA Tests

Test cricket will to return Eden Gardens after a two-year gap after BCCI on Sunday named Kolkata and Nagpur as the venues of the two-match India-South Africa Test series scheduled next month. Kanpur, Jaipur and Ahmedabad would host the one day internationals, BCCI secretary N Srinivasan said in a statement.The exact dates of the matches would be announced in a day or two, Srinivasan added. Last time Kolkata hosted a Test was in November-December 2007 when India played Pakistan. South Africa were initially scheduled to arrive in India next month for a five-match one-day series.However, BCCI realised that playing just two Tests in the next 11 months – both against lowly Bangladesh – would not be enough to retain India's status as the number one Test team. The Board then convinced Cricket South Africa to drop two ODIs and squeeze in a couple of Test matches instead.CSA, which in the past had agreed to host the second edition of the Indian Premier League on a very short notice, eventually agreed to the proposal but asked BCCI to ensure that the team was not made to travel a lot in between matches.

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