India’s Cricket team will step into the gap left by New Zealand when it cancelled its May-June tour citing security and health concerns, playing in the tri-series along with Sri Lanka in Harare and Bulawayo.
The Indians will also play Twenty20 matches while in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe Cricket media chief Shingai Ruhwaya tells Voice Of America's Studio7 Marvellous Mhlanga-Nyahuye that India’s participation gives a significant boost to the national sides effort to resume test play.
Zimbabwe Cricket is eyeing returning to Test Status within the next two years and has recently appointed English coach Alan Butcher to help in that quest.