DHAKA: Sri Lanka have agreed to fill the void that has been created by West Indies abandoning their current tour of India because of a payment structure dispute between the players and the WICB and WIPA.

Lankans will play a series of five ODIs in November, reports cricinfo.

“In principle we have agreed to accept India’s invitation to play five one-day internationals,” SLC secretary Nishantha Ranatunga said on Friday.

“Initially India wanted us to play a T20 international as well but we decided that with the World Cup only a few months away, playing five ODIs would be beneficial to both teams,” he added.

Ranatunga also said the five ODIs would be played between November 1-15.

This will be Sri Lanka’s first tour to India in almost five years.

Earlier, West Indies decided to pull out of their India tour after Friday’s fourth ODI in Dharamsala.

The dispute between the players and administration had emerged ahead of the first match of the series and no resolution was found despite several letters being sent back and forth between the captain Dwayne Bravo, the WICB and WIPA.

BDST: 1418 HRS, OCT 18, 2014