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Team India’s home schedule released, international match will also be held in M Chinnaswamy

Samira Vishwas | March 26, 2026 9:24 PM CST

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has released the schedule of Team India’s home season (2026-27). Team India will play 22 matches at home between 27 September 2026 and 3 March next year. These matches will be played at 17 venues. Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium has been given the hosting rights of two international matches each.

In June last year, 11 people were killed outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium during Royal Challengers Bangalore’s IPL victory celebrations. Since then no international match has been played on this ground. International cricket will return here on October 17. On this day, the Indian team will face West Indies in the last match of the five-match T20 series.

Series with Zimbabwe in January 2027

The home season of the Indian team will start with the white ball series against West Indies. The Caribbean team is touring India for a 3-match ODI and 5-match T20 series. After this the Sri Lankan team will come. The Sri Lankan team will play 3 ODIs and 3 T20 matches in December. Zimbabwe team will land for a 3-match ODI series early next year. The Zimbabwean team will step on Indian soil for a bilateral series after 25 years.

Team India’s home season will end with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. From January 21 to early March, 5 test matches will be played between India and Australia. The Border-Gavaskar 2027 matches will be played in Nagpur, Chennai, Guwahati, Ranchi and Ahmedabad.

west indies tour of india

27 September 2026 – 1st ODI, Thiruvananthapuram
30 September 2026 – 2nd ODI, Guwahati
03 October 2026 – 3rd ODI, New Chandigarh

06 October 2026 – 1st T20, Lucknow
09 October 2026 – 2nd T20, Ranchi
11 October 2026 – 3rd T20, Indore
14 October 2026 – 4th T20, Hyderabad
17 October 2026 – 5th T20, Bengaluru

sri lanka tour to india

13 December 2026 – 1st ODI, Delhi
16 December 2026 – 2nd ODI, Bengaluru
19 December 2026 – 3rd ODI, Ahmedabad

22 December 2026 – 1st T20, Rajkot
24 December 2026 – 2nd T20, Cuttack
27 December 2026 – 3rd T20, Pune

zimbabwe tour to india

3 January 2027 – 1st ODI, Kolkata
6 January 2027 – 2nd ODI, Hyderabad
9 January 2027 – 3rd ODI, Mumbai

Australia tour to India

1st Test: 21-25 January 2027, Nagpur
2nd Test: 29-2 February 2027, Chennai
3rd Test: 1-15 February 2027, Guwahati
Fourth Test: 19-23 February 2027, Ranchi
Fifth Test: 27 February to 3 March 2027 – Ahmedabad