Colombo, Aug. 19: India will play back-to-back matches against New Zealand and Sri Lanka in next month's tri-series here after the organisers rescheduled the tournament following a request from the Board of Control for Criket in India.

According to the new schedule, India's first match against New Zealand has been pushed back by a day from the earlier scheduled September 10. "The BCCI requested us to defer the first match by a day and we did that," a Sri Lanka Cricket official said. - PTI