India Likely To Play T20 Cricket Series Against West Indies In USA
Cricket officials of India and West Indies are mulling a T20 series in Florida in last week of August
Highlights
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India and West Indies may play three T20s in August end
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The matches will be played in Florida
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West Indies are the current World T20 champions
Soon after the completion of the Test series against the West Indies, the Indian Cricket Team is likely to a play a T20 series versus the current World T20 champions at the Central Broward Regional Park in Florida.
According to ESPNCricinfo, Board of Control for Cricket in India officials will meet their West Indian counterparts to discuss the possibility of staging the series in the last week of August. The four-Test series ends in Trinidad on August 22.
Duncan Finch, the Broward Parks and Recreation Manager, has admitted that West Indies cricket officials had written to him for a slot to host T20 matches.
"We had an email inquiring about late-August availability of the stadium by representatives of the WICB last week. We have August 24 to 27, and they were asking about Sunday, August 28, as well. We would have to cancel a small event to give them the Sunday," said Finch.
Almost eight of the 15 players of India's current squad for the West Indies Tests, including Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, and Ravichandran Ashwin are regular members of the T20 team too.
West Indies have approached the ICC for permission to host the series in USA. In 2012, New Zealand played Sri Lanka in a two-match series in 2010 in Florida before facing the Windies in 2012.
If an agreement is reached, it would be the first time in four years that two full-members will be playing in the USA.
Florida will also host six matches of 2016 Caribbean Premier League from July 28 to July 31.
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Chris Gayle, the Jamaica Tallawahs captain and one of the best T20 batsmen of all-time, has thrown his support for making it a regular feature of the tournament as he believes the country has a big fan base to support the game.
Last year, the USA got to see the likes of legendary players like Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne, Curtley Ambrose during the Cricket All Star series, which was played in three different venues New York, Los Angeles and Houston.