BCCI announces schedule for England series

The Board of cricket control in India (BCCI) on Friday announced the schedule for the upcoming series against England later this year. India is scheduled to play 5 Test matches, 3 ODIs and 2 T20Is on a tour that will take place over 3 months.

India is currently on the tour to West Indies where they will play 4-match Test series starting July 21. The BCCI is also expecting for prominent Test players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane and few others to play this year’s Duleep Trophy, which is scheduled to start after the Caribbean tour.

Later, New Zealand will tour India from September 22 to October 29 which includes 3 Tests and 5 ODIs. With the England fixtures announced, this is surely a busy year for the Men in Blue as they will be facing top teams.

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England tour of India will start with Test series from November 9 at Rajkot. The Virat Kohli-led team will play the second Test from November 17 in Vishakapatnam. The Third Test will start from November 26 in Mohali. The last two Test in Mumbai and Chennai commencing from December 8 and December 16 respectively.

This tour also consists of 3 ODI games and 2 T20I matches, which will start next year in January. All the limited-over fixtures will day-night games. ODIs will be played in Pune, Cuttack, and Kolkata respectively. T20Is to be played in Kanpur and Nagpur.

Barabati stadium finally gets a game after the venue witnessed crowd trouble in the last year with water bottles during a T20 International match between India and South Africa.

Here is the schedule for England series (IST):

Test series:

November 9-13 at Rajkot (9:30 IST)

November 17-21 at Visakhapatnam (9:30 IST)

November 26-30 at Mohali (9:30 IST)

December 8–12 atMumbai (9:30 IST)

December 16–20 at Chennai (9:30 IST)

ODI series:

January 15 at Pune (D/N) (14:30)

January 19 at Cuttack (D/N) (14:30)

January 22 at Kolkata (D/N) (14:30)

T20I series:

January 26 at Kanpur (19:00)

January 29at Nagpur (19:00)