Black Caps get tour dates for India

NZ Newswire May 23, 2012, 7:46 am

The Blacks Caps will play Test matches in Hyderabad and Bangalore during their cricket tour of India in August and September.

The first Test will start on August 23 and the second will begin on August 31, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced.

The teams will then play two Twenty20 internationals.

The tour comes between New Zealand's three-Test series in the West Indies in July and the world T20 championship in Sri Lanka beginning in mid-September.

New Zealand cricket team's itinerary in India:

August 23-27, First Test, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad;

August 31-September 4, Second Test, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore;

September 8, First T20 international, Dr YSR Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium, Vishakhapatnam;

September 11, Second T20 international, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

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