Ahmedabad in contention to replace Kanpur for New Zealand-India Test

Bad weather and ground conditions at Kanpur have resulted in it giving up the Test it had been offered during New Zealand's tour of India, and Ahmedabad has come into strong contention to host the Test.

Local officials at Kanpur did not want to incur a bad report from the International Cricket Council (ICC), which now has stringent rules about the quality of grounds for Test matches.

New Zealand Cricket are seeking confirmation of a news report that Ahmedabad and Mohali will be the venues. Officials at Ahmedabad have said that the Motera stadium will be in good shape for the Test.

New Zealand's players will be familiar with both venues as they were the site of drawn matches in their last series in 1999 while the only loss they suffered in the series was at Kanpur.