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The BCCI has earmarked April 5 as the starting date and May 21 as the day of the final for the 2017 edition of the IPL. Both matches will be hosted in Hyderabad, as per IPL norms, with the defending champions getting the rights to host the opening and final match of the tournament. A senior BCCI official told ESPNcricinfo that the dates were subject to confirmation from the Lodha Committee, which has been put in charge by the Supreme Court of India to oversee all the boards activities.If the dates are confirmed, the tournament will be held less than a week after India and Australia finish the final Test of their four-match series in Dharamsala, scheduled to end on March 29. Additionally, the IPL final will be played 10 days before the ICC Champions Trophy, which starts on June 1 in England. The Lodha Committee had recommended a 15-day window to separate Indias next assignment after the IPL. However, the BCCI had told the committee that this would not be possible in 2017.The decision was taken at the IPL governing council meeting in Delhi on Tuesday. It was also decided that the players auction will be hosted on February 4 in Bangalore. We have to set up a calendar and, assuming that we get all the approvals from the Lodha Committee, we will go ahead as per our plan, the official said.Confirming the dates, IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla said the BCCI will also make sure venues in Maharashtra can host IPL matches, unlike this year when a court order forced matches moved out of the state, which suffered a severe drought. The Bombay High Court had ruled that it was not suitable to hold matches at grounds which consumed a lot of water. We will have water harvesting technology at stadiums in Maharashtra to counter drought threat in the state, Shukla said after the meeting. We will ensure that we can generate our own water to maintain stadiums. 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"It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. BCCI president Anurag Thakur has said his board will oppose the proposed two-tier Test system to protect the interests of smaller member nations. As the head of the powerful BCCI, Thakurs statement lends heft to the criticism of the proposal by Sri Lanka Cricket and the Bangladesh Cricket Board, even as the boards of Australian and New Zealand have welcomed the move.The BCCI is against the two-tier Test system because the smaller countries will lose out and the BCCI wants to take care of them, Thakur told the New Indian Express. It is necessary to protect their interests.The proposal to split Test cricket into two tiers - with seven nations in tier one, and five, including two new Test nations, in the second tier - was mooted at the ICCs annual conference, in Edinburgh, where ICC chief executive David Richardson advocated a proper competition structure, with promotion and relegation, for Test cricket to have greater context. Unless we can give some meaning to these series beyond the rankings and a trophy, then interest in Test cricket will continue to waver, Richardson said. The same applies if we allow uncompetitive Test cricket to take place too offten.ddddddddddddWhile SLC voiced skepticism about the financial model of the two-tier system, the BCB felt Bangladeshs growth would be affected should they be divorced from the top teams. We believe that more we play against competitive sides, the better we will get, BCB vice-president Mahbubul Anam said. If we didnt play against better-standard sides in ODIs, we wouldnt have come this far. We were given a reality check when we were promoted to the highest level. I feel that if we go backwards, our cricket will regress.Thakurs comments seemed to address both concerns as he spelt out the drawbacks of the two-tier system. In the two-tier system, they will lose out on a lot, including revenue and the opportunity to play against top teams, he said. We dont want that to happen. We want to work in the best interests of world cricket and that is why our team plays against all the countries.In Galle, meanwhile, Cricket Australia chairman David Peever urged nations to embrace change and balance notions of tradition with progress. ' ' '