Sri Lanka [ Images ] will tour India [ Images ] to play five One-Day Internationals immediately after their rescheduled tour of New Zealand [ Images ] in April, officials said on Thursday.
Sri Lanka's two-Test tour of New Zealand finishes on April 15 and the team will only have a three-day break before travelling to India.
"The final dates and venues for the tour are now being finalised by the Indian board," a cricket board official confirmed on Thursday.
The last-minute tour will upset the plans of three players, who had been expected to fly to England [ Images ] in mid-April to play county cricket during the first half of the summer.
Chaminda Vaas [ Images ] (Worcestershire), Sanath Jayasuriya [ Images ] (Somerset) and Upul Chandana (Gloucestershire) will now not be able start their county season until the first week of May.
Muttiah Muralitharan [ Images ] is also scheduled to play a third season with Lancashire but he is not expected to regain full fitness in time for the India tour after a shoulder operation in February.

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