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DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will be holding a meeting
with the board members of Cricket Australia (CA) and Cricket South Africa (CSA)
on 7 December to decide the fate of Champions League Twenty20. BCCI
VP Lalit Modi confirmed to Indiantelevision.com that the three boards are meeting
on Sunday to decide on a suitable date. The
inaugural edition of Champions League Twenty20, which was scheduled to be played
in Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai from 3 to 10 December, was postponed last week
due to the terror attacks in Mumbai. The
new schedule has to be in sync with Future Tour Programmes (FTP) which is drafted
with the approval of the International Cricket Council (ICC). According
to the present FTP, India was supposed to play against Pakistan in January, 2009.
However looking at the prevailing conditions related to the Mumbai terror attack,
India's tour of Pakistan might not turn into a reality. In
addition, the South Africa tour to Australia is scheduled to begin in the second
week of December with a series of three Test matches, followed by two T20 matches
and five one day matches. If
the three boards (BCCI, CA, CSA), along with ICC, are able to tighten the South
Africa versus Australia series, then Champions League T20 could be played in January.
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