The available window for this is between the first week of December and the second week of January. India will be on a short tour of New Zealand after that.
Sources said BCCI is hoping to hear from CSA before its AGM (this September end) to get the final confirmation on the series.
If CSA doesn't get in touch with BCCI on time, India is planning to invite either Sri Lanka or Pakistan (subject to clearance from home ministry) for a home series this December. This would mean an extra income of almost Rs 300 crore for the board through television and other title rights. Both the teams have been sounded out.
The CSA officials have so far been in touch with BCCI's working committee members who are not in a position to decide on the fate of the series. "They need to get in touch with the officials who are taking decisions in the board not the working committee members," a top BCCI official told TOI on Monday, hinting to a growing rift between BCCI and CSA.
Differences between the two boards came to the fore after CSA went ahead and appointed Lorgat as its CEO despite BCCI's strong objection.
Lorgat had irked BCCI with his views on commercial, administrative and cricketing issues when he was the world body's CEO. The gulf widened when CSA announced a two-month itinerary of India's tour of South Africa without consulting the BCCI.
"You can't do this if two countries are planning to play a bilateral series. In any case, out of 200 days of international cricket this year, the Indian team is playing only 25 days at home and that too against Australia. So we needed a series at home," another BCCI official explained, pointing at sudden announcement of West Indies' tour of India.
He added that if the West Indies tour would not have been planned, each state association would have lost at least Rs 12 crore each. India will host the West Indies between November 6 and 28, with the two teams playing two Tests and three ODIs.
This development has left CSA chief Lorgat clueless. "We have not had any communication from the BCCI about our tour or their West Indies series. Until we speak to BCCI officials we will refrain from commenting on this." Lorgat was quoted as saying in the media.
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