The ICC has also written to the Board of Control for Cricket in India, outlining a schedule of works that need to be carried out at Eden Gardens if it has to host other matches alloted to it. The venue will be inspected on Feb.

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“This decision now clarifies and gives us certainty over the fixture,” said ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat in a statement. “We can now work with our various partners and stakeholders to make sure that match along with the rest of the tournament is all it should be.” The BCCI had nominated Bangalore as a replacement after the Eden Gardens was ruled out last week because of delays in construction work.

The Eden Gardens is also scheduled to host three other matches — South Africa vs. Ireland on March 15, Netherlands vs. Ireland on March 18 and Zimbabwe vs. Kenya on March 20.

ICC president Sharad Pawar was hoping that these matches would be held in Calcutta.

“The first match may not take place there but the rest of the three matches could have a chance if the requirements are fulfilled,” Pawar said in New Delhi on Sunday.

“We have written to BCCI regarding this. I spoke to BCCI president Shashank Manohar to get the stadium ready so that other matches are staged there,” he said.