Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram will host their first international Twenty20 matches as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the schedule of India’s home series against Australia and New Zealand beginning on September 17, on Thursday, reported PTI.
Chennai, Kolkata, Indore, Bengaluru and Nagpur will host the five one-day games of Australia’s limited-overs tour of India. The matches will be held on September 17, 21, 24, 28 and October 1 respectively.
The three T20 International matches of the Australian tour will be held in Ranchi (October 7), Guwahati (October 10) and Hyderabad (October 13). The Board President XI team will play a warm-up match against Australia on September 12 in Chennai.
The Board also announced the schedule of the home series against New Zealand comprising three ODIs and as many Twenty20 Internationals. Mumbai will host the first one-day game against the Kiwis on October 22 while the second game will be played in Pune on October 25. The venue of the third one-day on October 29 to be hosted by Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association is yet to be announced.
The three T20 Internationals against the visiting New Zealand side will be held in New Delhi (November 1), Rajkot (November 4) and Thiruvananthapuram (November 7).
