ICC Champions Trophy media arrangements for Monday 2 October

Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the West Indies and Zimbabwe, the four sides set to contest the preliminary round of the ICC Champions Trophy, will all be available to meet the media on Monday 2 October.

Players will be available at their hotel, Le Meridien in New Delhi, at the following times:

0900 - Bangladesh arrival media conference with captain Habibul Bashar and coach Dav Whatmore (Bangladesh arrive in New Delhi at 1825 on Sunday 1 October on flight AI 521)

1000 - West Indies open media session

1100 - Zimbabwe open media session

1400 - Bangladesh open media session

1500 - Sri Lanka open media session

The open media sessions are expected to involve the leading players from each of the four sides making themselves available for interview.

All media interaction on Monday 2 October will take place in the Windsor Room of Le Meridien Hotel, situated on the floor below the lobby level.

The ICC Champions Trophy begins on 7 October with Bangladesh playing Sri Lanka in Mohali.

The four sides taking part in the preliminary round will play each other in a round robin format with the top two sides progressing to the second round of the tournament where they will join Australia, South Africa, India, Pakistan, New Zealand and England.

A total of 21 matches will be played at four venues - Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mohali and the Cricket Club of India (CCI) in Mumbai - with the final at CCI on 5 November. All matches are day-night games starting at 1415 local time.

The West Indies are the defending champions after winning the ICC Champions Trophy 2004 in England by beating the hosts by two wickets at The Brit Oval in London.

Further details of sides' arrivals for the ICC Champions Trophy, together with practice schedules and media arrangements, will be made in due course.