India announce schedule for Sri Lanka home series
March 26, 2026 04:36 pm
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the schedule for the senior men’s international home season, with the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup champions set to host West Indies, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, and Australia across formats.
A total of 22 international matches will be hosted across 17 cities in what promises to be an action-packed calendar.
The home season will commence in September, with India hosting West Indies for a white-ball series comprising three ODIs and five T20Is.
India will then take on Sri Lanka in December in the shorter formats featuring three ODIs and three T20Is. The new year will see India take on Zimbabwe in a three-match ODI series.
The season will then build up to the highly anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy, as India take on Australia for a five-match Test series starting January 21, 2027. The series will be a key part of the ICC World Test Championship 2025–27.
Schedule
West Indies Tour of India
1st ODI: 27 September, Trivandrum
2nd ODI: 30 September, Guwahati
3rd ODI: 3 October, New Chandigarh
1st T20I: 6 October, Lucknow
2nd T20I: 9 October, Ranchi
3rd T20I: 11 October, Indore
4th T20I: 14 October, Hyderabad
5th T20I: 17 October, Bengaluru
Sri Lanka Tour of India
1st ODI: 13 December, Delhi
2nd ODI: Sri Lanka, 16 December, Bengaluru
3rd ODI: 19 December, Ahmedabad
1st T20I: 22 December, Rajkot
2nd T20I: 24 December, Cuttack
3rd T20I: 27 December, Pune
Zimbabwe Tour of India
1st ODI: 3 January, 2027 - Kolkata
2nd ODI: 6 January, 2027 - Hyderabad
3rd ODI: 9 January, 2027 - Mumbai
Australia Tour of India
1st Test: 21-25 January, 2027 - Nagpur
2nd Test: 29 January-2 February, 2027 - Chennai
3rd Test: 11-15 February, 2027 - Guwahati
4th Test: 19-23 February, 2027 - Ranchi
5th Test: 27 February-3 March, 2027 – Ahmedabad
Source: ICC
--Agencies
