WEST Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron is confident that a planned tour of the Caribbean by India next year will go ahead.The WICB and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have failed to agree on much since the Windies abandoned a bi-lateral tour of India last year.
The West Indies, who were in India to play five One Day Internationals, a Twenty20 International and three Test matches, left the country midway after the fourth One Dayer in Dharamsala on October 17, owing to a raging pay dispute between the WICB and the Caribbean cricketers.
In terms of compensation, the BCCI had demanded US$42M, but the regional body had stated that the amount was out of the question.
The organisations have made several attempts to resolve the issue since. However, after a recent meeting in Mumbai, Cameron described talks in a two-hour meeting between the two as “cordial and fruitful”.
Only Tests will be played in the Caribbean next year with the Indians returning in 2017 for five One-Day Internationals (ODIs).