The Indian men's team is set to play 22 international matches across 17 venues at home in the upcoming 2026-27 season, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, revealed on Thursday. The home season will include 5 Tests, 9 ODIs and 8 T20Is, with Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Guwahati, Ahmedabad and Ranchi being the only centres to host two games in the upcoming season.
The home season will kickstart with West Indies' white-ball tour - which includes 5 ODIs and 3 T20Is - on September 27 in Thiruvananthapuram. The series will run till October 17. While the ODIs will be played in Thiruvananthapuram, Guwahati and New Chandigarh, the T20I series will be hosted across Lucknow, Ranchi, Indore, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. The last international game hosted at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru was in October 2024.
It will be followed by the series against Sri Lanka which will include 3 ODIs and as many T20Is, from December 13 to 27. The ODI leg will be played in Delhi, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad, while Rajkot, Cuttack and Pune will host the T20Is
In January next year, Zimbabwe will tour India for a three-match ODI series, set to be played in Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai.
India's Test season at home will only include a five-match series against Australia, which will run from January 21 to March 7. The Test matches are scheduled to be played in Nagpur, Chennai, Guwahati, Ranchi and Ahmedabad.
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