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India’s Home Season 2026-27: Traditional Venues including Mumbai & Kolkata Left Out for BGT 2026-27

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After hosting a Test match against South Africa in November last year, Guwahati’s Barsapara Stadium has now secured a game in the 2026-27 Border-Gavaskar series between India and Australia that will be the highlight of the Indian team’s home schedule released by the BCCI on Thursday.

Indian men’s home season will comprise five Tests, nine ODIs and eight T20Is.

The ODI matches will certainly be keenly observed as the legendary white-ball duo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma expected to feature in all of them.

The series against Australia, spread over January, February and March of 2027, will start in Nagpur from January 21 followed by Chennai (January 29-February 2) with the third Test in Guwahati from February 11 to 15 after an eight-day gap.

The fourth Test in Ranchi will be played between February 19 and 23 while the final Test in Ahmedabad will commence from February 27.

Among the five venues, as per rotation, Nagpur (last hosted Test vs Australia in 2023), Chennai (last hosted Test vs Bangladesh in 2024), Ranchi (last hosted Test vs England in 2024) and Ahmedabad (last hosted vs Australia in 2023) have all got their due games.

Mumbai, Kolkata Ignored

However, it wasn’t clear as to how Guwahati, which hosted India’s last home Test series (vs South Africa in November 2025), again features in rotation while Mumbai and Kolkata are not a part of the marquee series.

It is not known whether Cricket Association of Bengal or the Mumbai Cricket Association had expressed inability to host a Test against Australia.

While the Australia Test series is the main attraction during the home season, India will also play host to West Indies, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.

In fact, Zimbabwe will be playing in India in a bilateral series for the first time since 2002 when Sourav Ganguly was leading India.

India’s Home Season Includes 22 Matches

The season will comprise 22 international matches in 17 cities with the West Indies tour of India, starting on September 27 this year.

The tour will feature a three-match ODI series followed by a five-match T20I series.

The ODIs will be played in Thiruvananthapuram (September 27), Guwahati (September 30) and New Chandigarh (October 3), before the action shifts to the T20Is, which will be hosted across Lucknow (October 6), Ranchi (October 9), Indore (October 11), Hyderabad (October 14) and Bengaluru (October 17).

India will then host Sri Lanka in December for a white-ball series comprising three ODIs and as many T20Is.

The ODI leg will be played in Delhi (December 13), Bengaluru (December 16) and Ahmedabad (December 19), while Rajkot (December 22), Cuttack (December 24) and Pune (December 27) will host the T20Is.

At the start of the new year, Zimbabwe will tour India for a three-match ODI series in January 2027.

The matches will be held in Kolkata (January 3), Hyderabad (January 6) and Mumbai (January 9).

India’s full home season schedule for 2026-27

West Indies’ tour of India:

September 27: India vs West Indies, 1st ODI, Trivandrum

September 30: India vs West Indies, 2nd ODI, Guwahati

October 3: India vs West Indies, 3rd ODI, Mullanpur

October 6: India vs West Indies, 1st T20I, Lucknow

October 9: India vs West Indies, 2nd T20I, Ranchi

October 11: India vs West Indies, 3rd T20I, Indore

October 14: India vs West Indies, 4th T20I, Hyderabad

October 17: India vs West Indies, 5th T20I, Bengaluru

Sri Lanka tour of India:

December 13: India vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, New Delhi

December 16: India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI, Bengaluru

December 19: India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI, Ahmedabad

December 22: India vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I, Rajkot

December 24: India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I, Cuttack

December 27: India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd T20I, Pune

Zimbabwe tour of India:

January 3: India vs Zimbabwe, 1st ODI, Kolkata

January 6: India vs Zimbabwe, 2nd ODI, Hyderabad

January 9: India vs Zimbabwe, 3rd ODI, Mumbai

Australia tour of India:

January 21-25: India vs Australia, 1st Test, Nagpur

January 29-February 2: India vs Australia, 2nd Test, Chennai

February 11-15: India vs Australia, 3rd Test, Guwahati

February 19-23: India vs Australia, 4th Test, Ranchi

February 27-March 3: India vs Australia, 5th Test, Ahmedabad

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India set for bumper New Zealand tour featuring 10 white-ball matches and Two Tests

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India will undertake the biggest-ever international cricket tour of New Zealand later this year, playing two tests, five one-day internationals and five Twenty20 matches against the Black Caps.

India will open the tour with the T20s in late October and early November quickly followed by the ODI series.

The first test takes place at Wellington’s Basin Reserve from November 19 to 23. The second test will be at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval from November 27 to December 1.

“When it comes to cricket – it simply doesn’t get bigger than India and we’re determined to deliver New Zealanders a tour like no other,” said New Zealand Cricket’s Glenn Critchley. “We’re expecting all of these games to sell out.”

After travelling to play four tests in Australia around the New Year, New Zealand will also host Sri Lanka in three ODIs, three T20s, and two tests in January and February, 2027.

The White Ferns women’s team will host Bangladesh for three T20s and three ODIs in December.

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No RCB victory parade in Bengaluru as fans celebrate title win indoors

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June 1, 2026

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The passionate fans will not be able to celebrate Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s title defence with the team after the franchise decided against holding a victory parade in the city in order to avoid the crowd frenzy, which led to last year’s deadly stampede.

Virat Kohli once again delivered on the biggest stage as Royal Challengers Bengaluru defended their IPL title with a five-wicket win over Gujarat Titans in the final in Ahmedabad on Sunday, extending his remarkable run of consistency in a format increasingly dominated by ultra-aggressive batting.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s second IPL title win came on Rajat Patidar’s 33rd birthday but more than that happy coincidence the skipper was pleased with his team’s start-to-end domination in the league.

The RCB took such a decision also keeping in mind the swearing-in ceremony of newly-appointed Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.

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Rishabh Pant quits LSG captaincy after IPL 2026 debacle

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Rishabh Pant has stepped down as Lucknow Super Giants captain following the IPL 2026 season. During his two-year stint, LSG failed to secure a playoff berth, managing only 10 wins under his leadership. The franchise finished seventh last season and ended this year at the bottom of the table. He was bought for INR 27 crore and was immediately handed the captaincy baton, but absolutely nothing worked well for the franchise since then.

“Lucknow Super Giants wish to formally announce that Rishabh Pant has requested to be relieved from his captaincy duties with the franchise, and the franchise has accepted the request with immediate effect,” LSG’s statement read. 

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