Zimbabwe XIs to play in Indian domestic tournaments

The Indian board has agreed to invite representative Zimbabwe sides to play in its key domestic tournaments in an effort to help in the redevelopment of cricket in Zimbabwe. Peter Chingoka, the Zimbabwe Cricket chairman, met with Shashank Manohar, the BCCI president, and N Srinivasan, board secretary, in Mumbai on Friday to discuss details.

A Zimbabwe President's XI will participate in this season's Deodhar Trophy, an inter-zonal one-day tournament, starting in March. The team will also play in the Duleep Trophy, the inter-zonal first-class tournament, from next season.

Visiting Zimbabwe players will be allowed to make use of the facilities at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore and a team will participate in the invitational Buchi Babu tournament, hosted by Tamil Nadu, next season.