NEW DELHI: The suspension of Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) by the ICC has possibly opened up a window for the Indian cricket board as the BCCI is scheduled to host the southern African team for a Twenty20 series in January next year.
India are scheduled to play three T20s against the Zimbaweans – in Guwahati on January 5, Indore on January 7 and Pune on January 10.
However, the BCCI will wait till October to consider a back-up plan, PTI reports.
“Right now, we are not really thinking of any back-up plan. We will wait for the ICC quarterly meeting on October 16. Since they have been given three months to get their house in order, it is only prudent that we wait,” a senior BCCI official privy to the developments in ICC told PTI on Friday.
He however agreed that situation could be a bit different if ZC fails to get a clearance from the ICC in October.
“Yes, that’s our dedicated home window. We hope they get their house in order or else we will have to have some plans in place,” he said.
It needs to be checked if there is any full-member nation (Afghanistan, Sri Lanka or West Indies) available for a short tour which will be followed by a mini limited overs series against Australia.
