India's domestic focus may upset Test rivals Indian powerbrokers are talking about staging more international games at home during their domestic season, a move that will send shivers through countries, including Australia, that share seasons with the superpower. While there is no suggestion at this stage that India will refuse to tour Australia for the prized Boxing Day and New Year Tests - the countries are said to be on friendly terms - Cricket Australia officials are well aware of the influential BCCI's desire to maximise revenue from its television contracts during its peak season. The Indian board last week flexed its muscles by cutting December's tour to South Africa to two Tests and three one-dayers, with catastrophic results for Cricket South Africa, which stands to lose about $20 million in revenue. Former Indian captain Ravi Shastri, who sits on a BCCI technical committee, says it is inevitable that India will push to play more international matches at home between October and April, which clashes with the home seasons of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. "India should have its own domestic season, just like Australia does, just like South Africa does," he said. It's a matter of economics. The seasons of India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa all clash, so there will have to be some give and take. If India comes one time, Australia will have to come the next. CA has been pilloried for touring India for a seven-game ODI series before the Ashes, while England is assured of a superior preparation, arriving in Australia early enough to play three warm-up games before the first Test. CA chairman Wally Edwards has said India's benevolence with overseas tours means M.S. Dhoni's side has played more matches here than Australia has played in India over the current touring cycle. We are committed to play them as much as they play us on domestic turf, and we are behind. India are extremely generous in their touring," he said before last week's annual meeting. India is scheduled to host just two Tests - Sachin Tendulkar's farewell series against the West Indies - in the coming months. Many countries depend on India tours for survival. Australia is working towards becoming less reliant on international tours, hence its heavy investment in the Big Bash League. Relations between Australia and India, who are partners in the Twenty20 Champions League, are said to be strong, and India is scheduled to visit for four Tests and a triangular series, also involving England, before the 2015 World Cup. India and South Africa used to be close political allies before the BCCI punished South Africa for appointing former ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat as its CEO. "This is a huge blow not only to the players but also to the cricket-loving public of South Africa," South African players' representative Tony Irish said when the truncated tour was announced. Everyone is now deprived of a meaningful series, especially in the Test format, between the world's top two cricket nations. It's a very sad day when international cricket becomes more about what happens off the field than what happens on it.