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Eden to host opening SL Test from November 16-20

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A woman labourer dries her clothes on the seats of the Eden Gardens cricket stadium in Kolkata February 9, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/Files

New Delhi : Kolkata’s Eden Gardens will host the first Test between India and Sri Lanka, starting November 16, which also will be the island nation’s first five-day game at the iconic ground. Sri Lanka’s seven-week tour of India will comprise three Tests, three ODIs and three T20 Internationals. According to a schedule published by ‘ESPN Cricinfo’, the second Test will be played at Nagpur from November 24-28 followed final game at Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla from December 2-6. The three ODIs will be held at Dharamshala (December 10), Mohali (December 13) and Visakhapatnam (December 17) respectively. The three T20 Internationals will be held at Cuttack (December 20), Indore (December 22) and Mumbai (December 24) respectively.