The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced yesterday that India will host New Zealand for two Tests and two T20 Internationals in August-September, England for four Tests, five ODIs and two T20Is from November to January, before hosting Australia for another four Tests that will conclude in March. Surely, a cricket lover cannot complain.

But the BCCI might have erred in their decision to hand Hyderabad a Test match in the fourth week of August, when it’s the monsoon season in VVS Laxman’s hometown.