ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: The six-Test home and away hockey series between Pakistan and India has been rescheduled and will now start with the opening game at Jallandar on Feb 16. The hockey managers have scrapped New Delhi as one of the venues and instead allotted two matches to Chandigarh on Feb 18 and 20.

Delhi was originally to stage the Feb 18 game. The organisers have also changed the date of one match of the Pakistan leg.

Rawalpindi will now hold the Test on Feb 22 instead of Feb 21. It will be followed by matches at Faisalabad (Feb 24) and Lahore (Feb 26). The initial start date of the series was Feb 15.