A few months ago, there was a lot of hullabaloo about the Kerala Cricket Association digging up the FIFA approved world class turf for an ODI match against the West Indies. Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar also appealed the Kerala Cricket Association to not dig up the turf of Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium in Kochi for an ODI match. He instead had suggested that the match should be shifted to Thiruvananthapuram so that football and cricket could co-exist. The turf was last used to play the U-17 football World Cup. Sachin Tendulkar Worried About Kochi Football: Wants Football & Cricket To Co-Exist

In a tweet, Sachin had written, “Worried about the potential damage to the FIFA approved World class Football turf in Kochi. Urge the KCA to take the right decision where cricket (Thiruvananthapuram) and Football (Kochi) can happily coexist."

Now, as per the schedule released by BCCI, the match which was scheduled to happen in Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium in Kochi will now be happening in Thiruvananthapuram on November 1, 2018.  Talking about the West Indies tour, India will play two Tests, five ODIs & three T20I. Check out the schedule of the West Indies tour of India.

  • 1st Test: 4-8 October, Rajkot

  • 2nd Test: 12-16 October, Hyderabad

  • 1st ODI: 21 October, Guwahati

  • 2nd ODI: 24 October, Indore

  • 3rd ODI: 27 October, Pune

  • 4th ODI:29 October, Mumbai

  • 5th ODI: 1 November, Thiruvananthapuram

  • 1st T20I: 4 November, Kolkata

  • 2nd T20I: 6 November, Lucknow

  • 3rd T20I: 11 November, Chennai

The Ekana Stadium in Lucknow has got lucky this time around too. Both Kanpur and Lucknow were in contention of India vs West Indies T20I match. However, Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium was finalised.

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