Team India's upcoming cricketing schedule

After a premature exit from the 2021 T20 World Cup, the Indian team is set to embark on a busy cricketing schedule, starting with the home series against New Zealand. India’s qualification hopes at the World Cup were reliant on the Afghanistan-New Zealand encounter, where a loss for the former meant India are knocked out.

The team will play Namibia in their final Super12 fixture on November 8, which will have no bearing on any team, as the four semi-finalists have already been ascertained after New Zealand’s eight-wicket victory against Afghanistan. Kane Williamson and Co. have joined Pakistan, England and Australia for the titular battle.

As for India, the team will depart from the UAE within a couple of days before the commencement of the New Zealand series. While the squad for the series is yet to be announced, it is understood that a meeting of the national selectors is impending, when they will also decide who will lead India in the T20I format, as Virat Kohli has relinquished his captaincy, and will play his final T20I game as the skipper on November 8.

India will play 6 Tests, 9 ODIs and 21 T20Is across six series – four at home and two away – between November 2021 to July 2022, apart from the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League, which will see 74 fixtures being played in the April-May window. The team will host New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka and South Africa, while the away series are against South Africa and England. All Tests will be a part of the second cycle of the World Test Championship and ODIs a part of the ICC ODI Super League.

India vs New Zealand Schedule 2021

1st T20I – November 17, Jaipur

2nd T20I – November 19, Ranchi

3rd T20I – November 21, Kolkata

1st Test – November 25-29, Kanpur

2nd Test – December 3-7, Mumbai

South Africa vs India 2021-22 Schedule

1st Test – December 17-21, Johannesburg

2nd Test – December 26-30, Centurion

3rd Test – January 3-7, Cape Town

1st ODI – January 11, Paarl

2nd ODI – January 14, Cape Town

3rd ODI – January 16, Cape Town

1st T20I – January 19, Cape Town

2nd T20I – January 21, Cape Town

3rd T20I – January 23, Cape Town

4th T20I – January 26, Paarl

India vs West Indies 2022 Schedule

1st ODI – February 6, Ahmedabad

2nd ODI – February 9, Jaipur

3rd ODI – February 12, Kolkata

1st T20I – February 15, Cuttack

2nd T20I – February 18, Visakhapatnam

3rd T20I – February 20, Trivandrum

India vs Sri Lanka 2022 Schedule

1st Test – February 25-March 1, Bengaluru

2nd Test – March 5-9, Mohali

1st T20I – March 13, Mohali

2nd T20I – March 15, Dharamsala

3rd T20I – March 18, Lucknow

IPL 2022

April-May 2022 (Tentative)

India vs South Africa 2022 schedule

1st T20I – June 9, Chennai

2nd T20I – June 12, Bengaluru

3rd T20I – June 14, Nagpur

4th T20I – June 17, Rajkot

5th T20I – June 19, Delhi

England vs India 2022 Schedule

Rescheduled Test – July 1-5, Birmingham

1st T20I – July 7, Southampton

2nd T20I – July 9, Birmingham

3rd T20I – July 10, Nottingham

1st ODI – July 12, London

2nd ODI – July 14, London

3rd ODI – July 17, Manchester