Dubai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s initiative to redraw its international schedule for the coming years was given official stamp by the ICC's new six-year Future Tours Programme released on Tuesday.
The ICC, which was furious as BCCI went ahead and altered its fixtures recently, has accommodated India's rescheduled series against Australia, England and Pakistan in the latest, expanded FTP.
Accordingly, India will host world champions Australia every September from 2007 to 2010 featuring four Tests and seven One-Dayers in all.
In return, India will tour Down Under twice in 2007 and 2011 to play four Tests and a tri-series on each visit.
India will visit England in the summers of 2007 (three Tests and seven ODIs) and 2011 (four Tests and five ODIs) and host them in October 2008 and 2011 for three Tests, seven ODIs and five ODIs respectively.
According to the FTP, India will play against their archrivals Pakistan only thrice between 2007 and 2012 - in three Tests and five ODIs on all occasions - but the ICC statement said "members may elect to amend or add to the FTP during the course of its lifespan".
According to the programme, the Asia Cup will be held in March 2010 and India will play its first full-fledged series in seven years in Sri Lanka in July 2008.
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