The Indian team will visit Zimbabwe for a short series after an equally brief sojourn to Bangladesh this summer.The two tours will immediately follow the on-going Indian Premier League (IPL). The Indian team is scheduled to play three ODIs and two Twenty20 Internationals in Zimbabwe.The series has not been officially announced by either board ­ the Board of Control for Cricket in India and Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) ­ but one understands that it is part of the Future Tour Programme bilaterally signed by the two boards earlier this year.Even the official broadcasters of the ZCU are not aware of the exact dates of the matches as yet but it is learnt that the games will be played during the first half of July. The total time of stay for the team in Zimbabwe will be just about two weeks.The Indian team will fly to Zimbabwe after completing their assign ment in Bangladesh where the team is slated to play one Test and three ODIs.The series will end by the third week of June. A week later, they will fly to Harare.The year's other major assignments include three away Tests against Sri Lanka and four home Tests against South Africa. Sandwiching the two series is the Champions League Twenty20 which, if not cancelled, will be played in September. The final of the tournament is scheduled for Septem ber 24.The West Indies players, apparently, are willing to return to India to complete the series that they left midway because of a pay dispute with their board last year but the BCCI officials are not able to find a window for them. From October, India will be busy hosting South Africa who will be playing five ODIs, two T20Is besides four Tests.The bilateral exchange programme with South Africans so far involved only three Tests but from now on the countries will play four Tests, home and away. After the South Africa series, India are slated to play Pakistan in the UAE but there is nothing final about it. Needless to mention, the series will depend on a lot of factors.