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New Delhi, 26 March 2026: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced the schedule of Team India’s 2026-27 domestic international season. Exciting and action-packed matches will be played in the next local season. Four visiting teams: West Indies, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Australia will visit India to play multi-format cricket. This season, 22 international matches will be played in 17 cities.

West Indies will start

This season will start with West Indies’ tour of India, which will start from September 27, 2026. India and West Indies will play a three-match ODI series followed by a five-match T20I series. ODI matches will be played in Trivandrum, Guwahati and New Chandigarh. T20I matches will be held in Lucknow, Ranchi, Indore, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.

west indies tour of india

1st ODI: 27 September, Trivandrum

2nd ODI: 30 September, Guwahati

3rd ODI: 3 October, New Chandigarh

First T20: 6 October, Lucknow

Second T20: 9 October, Ranchi

3rd T20: 11 October, Indore

4th T20: 14 October, Hyderabad

Fifth T20: 17 October, Bengaluru

Sri Lanka will host

India will host Sri Lanka in December 2026. Three ODI and three T20 matches will be played in this series. ODIs will be played in Delhi, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad, while T20 matches will be played in Rajkot, Cuttack and Pune.

sri lanka india tour

1st ODI: 13 December, Delhi

2nd ODI: 16 December, Bengaluru

Third ODI: 19 December, Ahmedabad

First T20: 22 December, Rajkot

Second T20: 24 December, Cuttack

3rd T20: 27 December, Pune

Three ODI matches will be played

Zimbabwe team will visit India at the beginning of the new year. A three-match ODI series will be played in Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai.

zimbabwe india tour

1st ODI: January 3, 2027 – Kolkata

2nd ODI: January 6, 2027 – Hyderabad

3rd ODI: January 9, 2027 – Mumbai

Border-Gavaskar Trophy

This season will end with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, a five-match Test series against Australia. This series will start on January 21, 2027 in Nagpur. The subsequent test matches will be played in Chennai, Guwahati, Ranchi and Ahmedabad.

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First Test: January 21-25, 2027, Nagpur

Second Test: 2 January-2 February, Chennai

Third Test: 11-15 February, Guwahati

Fourth Test: 19-23 February, Ranchi

Fifth Test: 27 February-3 March, Ahmedabad