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(CNN) -- India will not make any changes to the itinerary for England's cricket tour later this year, despite protests from the England and Wales Cricket Board over some of the venues.
Indian board secretary Shah was not happy that England made their protest publicly.
The EWCB said on Monday it was upset that regular Test venues like Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and Mohali would not stage matches during the six-week tour.
India want the two Tests in December to be played in Ahmedabad and Mumbai, and some of the preceding one-dayers will take place at Rajkot, Guwahati, Cuttack and Jamshedpur.
"We would like to remind the ECB that our venues are always decided on the basis of a rotation policy," Indian cricket board secretary Niranjan Shah told the cricketnirvana.com Web site.
"The itinerary for the England tour has been finalized on the basis of this rotation policy."
The Web site, which belongs to the official broadcaster of the series, Nimbus Communications, said Shah was unhappy that the ECB had made a public protest.
"We do not quite understand how and why the ECB has chosen to air its grievances over this policy in the media," said Shah.
"Whenever the Indian team has toured England, some of the venues have not been up to the mark in terms of facilities for Indian players and supporters.
"However, we have complied and gone ahead and played, for it is the host board's prerogative to fix the itinerary."
The tour will run from November 6-December 23, featuring two Tests, seven one-day internationals and three warm-up fixtures.
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