India will be touring the West Indies to play One-day Internationals and one Twenty20 International immediately after playing the Champions Trophy in England, reported ESPNCricinfo.
The two teams will start the tour with the ODIs, which will get underway from June 23 in Trinidad, just five days after the Champions League final. The second ODI will also scheduled to played at the Queen’s Park Oval. The final two games and the only T20 match will be played at Antigua. The two teams play their fourth bilateral series since 2013.
Earlier, there were reports that stated that the Board of Control for Cricket in India wanted to discuss the proposed International Cricket Council governance model with the West Indies Cricket Board before giving its nod to tour the West Indies.
A senior BCCI official was quoted as saying: “We let the West Indies Cricket Board go scot-free back in 2014 after they pulled out midway. We claimed damages of $42 million but that was also waived by Shashank Manohar after he became the BCCI president for the second time. Now, they have also voted against us at ICC Board. We need to look at these aspects.”
West Indies, who won the Champions Trophy in 2004, failed to qualify for the 2017 event.
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