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India scrap Ahmedabad as Test venue

India have scrapped Ahmedabad as a Test venue for the home series against Pakistan starting next week.

Updated on: Feb 26, 2005 01:43 PM IST
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India have scrapped Ahmedabad as a Test venue for the home series against Pakistan starting next week after the visitors raised security concerns.

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The Ahmedabad Test has been shifted to Kolkata, according to an Indian cricket board official who asked not to be named.

Ahmedabad witnessed some of the country's worst religious riots in 2002, during which around 2,000 people died.

Pakistan are likely to play a sixth One-Day International in the city as part of a compromise. The teams were originally scheduled to play five one-dayers on top of three Tests.

Pakistan are scheduled to arrive on February 25 for their first series in India in over six years due political tensions between the neighbours. India went to Pakistan for a Test tour last year after a 13-year gap following a thaw in relations.

 
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