The Indian team may go to Bangladesh to participate in a triangular tournament with Pakistan as the third team from December 23, 2001 to January 12, 2002 .

"The Bangladesh Cricket Board has invited us and we have agreed in principle and if we get clearance from the Indian government, then we will participate," BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele said after the BCCI Working Committe meeting in Mumbai on Saturday.

Meanwhile, a major change in the itinerary for England's tour of India was also announced. England will now play the second Test at Ahmedabad and not at Kanpur as earlier announced. The first and third Test will as of now go ahead at Mohali and Bangalore respectively.

The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) president, Dr A C Muthiah, told reporters that the England team will go back for Christmas after the Test series on December 23, 2001 and will be back on January 12, 2002 to play five one-dayers against India at Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Kanpur from January 18, 2002 to February 3 next.

The English team will also play three three-day games at Mumbai or Pune, Hyderabad and Jaipur or Jodhpur before the Test series.

Delhi and Nagpur will host the two Tests against Zimbabwe for which the dates are yet to be finalised. The Zimbabweans will play a three-day match at Rajkot and five one-dayers at Faridabad, Mohali, Guwahati, Cochin and Hyderabad, Lele said.

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