The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/jasprit-bumrah-reaches-bccis-centre-of-excellence-for-workload-management-ahead-of-ipl-2026-23622649" rel="nofollow">Board of Control for Cricket in India</a> (BCCI) released the matches for Team India's senior men's international home season for 2026-27. It includes a multi-format schedule against four visiting teams.
The home season will kick off with the West Indies tour on September 27. The series will include three ODI matches and five T20I games. Trivandrum, Guwahati and New Chandigarh will host three ODIs, respectively. The T20I matches will be played in Lucknow, Ranchi, Indore, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.
In December 2026, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/t20-world-cup-2026-pathum-nissankas-unbeaten-century-leads-sri-lanka-to-eight-wicket-win-over-australia-23616972" rel="nofollow">Sri Lanka</a> will arrive for a white-ball series comprising three ODIs and three T20Is. Delhi, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad will host the ODIs, with Rajkot, Cuttack and Pune scheduled to stage the T20I matches.
At the start of 2027, Zimbabwe will tour India for a three-match ODI series, with fixtures slated for Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai.
Team India will conclude the season with the much-anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/the-more-test-cricket-we-play-the-better-we-will-be-indian-opener-pratika-rawal-23621196" rel="nofollow">Test</a> series will begin on January 21, 2027, in Nagpur. The remaining four matches will be hosted in Chennai, Guwahati, Ranchi and Ahmedabad, respectively.
<h2>Team India will face West Indies, Sri Lanka and Australia at home</h2>
West Indies tour of India: India will begin their home season with the visit of the West Indies. The 'Men in Blue' will play three ODIs and 5 T20I against the Caribbean outfit. Lucknow, Ranchi, Indore, Hyderabad and Bengaluru will be the venues for Test matches.
ODI series: Dates and venues
1st ODI: September 27, 2026, Trivandrum 2nd ODI: September 30, 2026, Guwahati 3rd ODI: October 3, 2026, New Chandigarh
T20I series: Dates and venues
1st T20I: October 6, 2026, Lucknow 2nd T20I: October 9, 2026, Ranchi 3rd T20I: October 11, 2026, Indore 4th T20I: October 14, 2026, Hyderabad 5th T20I: October 17, 2026, Bengaluru
Sri Lanka tour of India: After the West Indies visit, Sri Lanka will tour India to play 3 ODIs and 3 T20I matches. Delhi, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad will host the ODIs, with the attention firmly on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli
ODI series: Dates and venues
1st ODI: December 13, 2026, Delhi 2nd ODI: December 16, 2026, Bengaluru 3rd ODI: December 19, 2026, Ahmedabad
T20I series: Dates and venues
1st T20I: December 22, 2026, Rajkot 2nd T20I: December 24, 2026, Cuttack 3rd T20I: December 27, 2026, Pune
Zimbabwe tour of India: Zimbabwe will tour India for the first time in 25 years when they visit the country for a three-match ODI series in January. Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai will host these three ODIs.
ODI series: Dates and venues
1st ODI: January 3, 2027, Kolkata 2nd ODI: January 6, 2027, Hyderabad 3rd ODI: January 9, 2027, Mumbai
India vs Australia | Border-Gavaskar trophy: Dates and Venues
Australia will tour India for a five-match test series in late January. The Aussie, who recently won the Border-Gavaskar trophy in Austraia, will be keen to win a test series in India.
1st Test: January 21-25, 2027, Nagpur 2nd Test: January 29-February 2, 2027, Chennai 3rd Test: February 11-15, 2027, Guwahati 4th Test: February 19-23, 2027, Ranchi 5th Test: February 27- March 3, 2027, Ahmedabad

Ahead of the season, India will host the West Indies, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, and Australia across 22 international matches, which will be played in 17 cities

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