NEW DELHI: Indias cricket chiefs were on Thursday forced to abandon Englands one-day series and postpone the cash-rich Twenty20 Champions League following the deadly Mumbai attacks. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) accepted Englands request to cancel the last two matches of the seven-game series, as talks began to save next months two Test matches. The games in Guwahati on Saturday and New Delhi on December 2 held only academic interest with India having already taken a 5-0 lead over Kevin Pietersens men. Englands request to cut short the one-day series in light of the disturbing events in Mumbai has been accepted, BCCI secretary N. Srinivasan said in a statement.