India announce bumper home series schedule

Sri Lanka will be the first team to visit India in the New Year for a white-ball series – they'll contest in three T20Is followed by as many ODIs from 3 to 15 January. The matches will be played at six different venues, with the first T20I in Mumbai.

The last time Sri Lanka toured India for T20Is was in February 2022, a series that India comfortably won 3-0. The visitors will be playing an ODI series in India for the first time since 2017, when the hosts won the contest 2-1.

Three days after the conclusion of the Sri Lanka series, India will host New Zealand for another three-match ODI series between 18 and 24 January, followed by a three-match T20I series from 27 January to 1 February.

India have a strong record against the Black Caps, defeating them in both ODIs and T20Is the last time they visited India.

Australia will then follow for a long tour comprising both red and white-ball cricket. The four Border-Gavaskar Trophy Tests will begin on 9 February.

India are the current holders of the Border-Gavaskar trophy, having achieved a historic victory in Australia in 2020-21.

The series will also play a pivotal role in deciding the finalists of the ICC World Test Championship 2021/23.

After the Tests, the visitors will play three ODIs from 17 to 22 March.

Schedule:

Sri Lanka tour of India

3 January – 1st T20I, Mumbai

5 January – 2nd T20I, Pune

7 January – 3rd T20I, Rajkot

10 January – 1st ODI, Guwahati

12 January – 2nd ODI, Kolkata

15 January – 3rd ODI, Trivandrum

New Zealand tour of India

18 January – 1st ODI, Hyderabad

21 January – 2nd ODI, Raipur

24 January – 3rd ODI, Indore

27 January – 1st T20I, Ranchi

29 January – 2nd T20I, Lucknow

1 February – 3rd T20I, Ahmedabad

Australia tour of India

9 to 13 February – 1st Test, Nagpur

17 to 21 February – 2nd Test, Delhi

1 to 5 March – 3rd Test, Dharamsala

9 to 13 March – 4th Test, Ahmedabad

17 March – 1st ODI, Mumbai

19 March, 2nd ODI, Vizag

22 March – 3rd ODI, Chennai