New Delhi: Lucknow will host his first test match in almost 28 years when the New Zealand team came to India after the T20 World Cup in the UAE in November.
It will be the first test match at the new Bihari Vajpayee after the Cricket Uttar Pradesh Association (UPCA) opened it for first grade cricket in 2016.
The match against Sri Lanka at KDS Babu Stadium in January 1994 still has the only test that Lucknow host.
Toi has learned that BCCI has completed a venue for two test matches against New Zealand.
Other test matches will be played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
The council feels that Lucknow will be the center of big cricket, said source.
With two new IPL teams that will come next year, Lucknow is believed to be one of the hosts cities that may be other than Ahmedabad.
“This stadium has good facilities and a capacity of nearly 70,000.
It’s good for every iPL franchise.
Like Ahmedabad, it’s important to provide Lucknow’s exposure to Marquee International Matches before the IPL team was completed.
Lucknow was also chosen as a place for the T20 World Cup has occurred in India, “Said a BCCI senior official told Toi.
The test series will be preceded by the three match T20i series, which is likely to begin in the last week of November.
The time of completion of the house series against New Zealand and the first test in Johannesburg in the third week of December will be around 10 days.
The council continues to remember the need for bubble-to-bubble transfer.
Sri Lanka came for two tests, three T20IS on Feb-Marchthe Tim Sri Lanka will come to India for the two tests and three T20is in February-March after the Indian team returned from a full tour of South Africa at the end of January.
Both tests will be part of the world test championship.
Until now, Mumbai has been marked to accommodate one of the test matches.
The board will complete the schedule of the entire domestic season immediately.