NEW DELHI (Reuters)
India will play five Tests and the same number of one-day games during their two-month-long tour of the West Indies, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) has said.

The Indians will kick off the tour with the first Test at Bourda Oval in Guyana from April 11, with the series concluding with the fifth and final game in Jamaica starting on May 18, according to the schedule decided between the two boards.

The one-day series was reduced from seven to five games by the two boards on an Indian request to give its players a longer break at home ahead of their Test tour of England, which starts in the second week of June.

Schedule

April

2 Arrive in West Indies

11-15 First Test, Guyana

19-23 Second Test, Trinidad

26-28 West Indies Academy XI, Barbados

May

2-6 Third Test, Barbados

10-14 Fourth Test, Antigua

18-22 Fifth Test, Jamaica

25 First ODI, Jamaica

26 Second ODI, Jamaica

29 Third ODI, Barbados

June

1 Fourth ODI, Trinidad

2 Fifth ODI, Trinidad

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