The BCCI's Programmes and Fixtures committee, headed by Rajiv Shukla, today chalked out the detailed schedule of the hastily-arranged series against the West Indies, comprising two Tests and three one-dayers to be held next month.
"Tendulkar had requested that the 200th Test match should be given to Mumbai, so that his mother could also watch the match. The BCCI president and BCCI thought about it and accepted it. Keeping that sentiment in mind, it has been allocated to Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (scheduled from November 14-18)," Shukla told reporters here.
"The committee decided to give the first Test match against West Indies to Kolkata," he said.
Explaining the rationale to have the first Test in Kolkata, Shukla said, "Since both the Test matches are going to be important, it requires a bigger venue. A stadium which is large, that is why the first Test match has been given to Kolkata."
"Out of three ODIs, two ODI venues have been decided as Kochi and Vizag. The third ODI is between Kanpur and Baroda, subject to technical clearance and that is why the inspection team will go to Kanpur," said Shukla.