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Adelaide will host the first Test between Australia and India starting on December 9 while Brisbane will host the second Test on December 17, ending days of speculation over the future of the four-Test series that had to be delayed following the death of batsman Phillip Hughes.
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The New Years' Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground - where Hughes was
struck by the fatal blow - has also been pushed back and will now begin
on January 6, while the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
would go on as it is.
In This Pic : First Test in Adelaide
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The touring Indian team will also play a warm-up game on December 4-5
in Adelaide, after their second warm-up game, which was scheduled for
November 28-29 had to be called off. The rejigged schedule was agreed
upon by officials from Cricket Australia, the Australian Cricketers'
Association and the BCCI.
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India's squad, which was to leave for Brisbane on Monday, had chosen to
stay in Adelaide until the details of the revised schedule was made
official, and CA's chief executive James Sutherland also thanked the
BCCI and the Indian team for complying with the changes.
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There was a possibility of the Brisbane Test being moved into the next
year, but it would have made for a hectic schedule and may have had an
effect on the scheduling of the following tri-series in the lead-up to
the 2015 World Cup.
In This Pic : First Test in Adelaide
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