India-England Test will not be postponed

The first Test between India and England is going to be held as per the schedule said the BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi on Tuesday. The BCCI had earlier asked England if it would agree to postpone the Ahmedabad Test by a day.

Reportedly, India's cricket board wanted the opening Test match against England to start a day later than scheduled so that its’ skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni could play in the Champions League Twenty20 final if his domestic team qualifies.

The Champions League will begin from December 3 and Dhoni is the captain of the Chennai Super Kings’ team.

Lalit Modi stated that the first cricket Test between England and India will be held as per the schedule and Mahendra Singh Dhoni will lead the Indian team against England as it is not a "rational" proposition to postpone the match in view of the Champions League final.


Dhoni said it is not certain if Chennai Super Kings will reach the final and even if they do, Dhoni will represent India in the December 11 to 15 matches instead of playing in the December 10 day-night Twenty Champions League final.


The Twenty20 Champions League is an international Twenty20 cricket competition between clubs from Australia, England, India, Pakistan and South Africa and will be played in India.