A five-member team, including three from Cricket Australia Friday, visited the Jharkhand State Cricket Association International Stadium Complex in Dhurwa here and inspected the arrangements for the ODI match between India and Australia on March 8.
According to a JSCA statement, the team inspected dressing rooms, dining areas, pitch, ground, galleries, media centre, net practice area and the indoor cricket facility.
The inspection was followed by a briefing by the JSCA covering all the aspects related to stadium operations, security, hospitality and logistics etc, the release said, adding that the team appeared pleased with the arrangements.
The CA team was represented by Practice Berthold (Team Operations Manager), Sean Carroll (Head of security) and Brendan Drew ( Australia Cricketers' Association representative).
The Indian team comprised Mayank Parikh (BCCI Logistics Manager) and Girish Dongre (BCCI Liaison for Australia team).
India tour of Australia
Australia are scheduled to visit India for a limited-overs series comprised of 2 T20Is followed by five ODIs. The series begins on February 24 with the first T20I to be played in Bengaluru while Visakhapatnam will host the second T20I on February 27.
The five ODIs will be played on March 2 (Hyderabad), 5 (Nagpur), 8 (Ranchi), 10 (Mohali) and 13 (Delhi). This will be the second time in three years that Australia will be touring India for a limited-overs series.