The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced team India's schedule for the 2023-24 home season on Tuesday, July 25. India's home campaign will being with three-match ODI series against the top-ranked Australia team on September 22 and will finish with five-match Test series against England in March 2024.
India will be hosting the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 in October-November, so the Men in Blue are scheduled to play only 16 international home games in the 2023/24 season, which includes 5 Tests, 3 ODIs, and 8 T20Is.
India will participate in Asia Cup 2023 in August-September and then play their first bilateral home series of the 2023/24 season against Australia in September. India will host Australia in the first ODI match in Mohali while Indore and Rajkot will be hosting the second and third ODIs respectively.
Australia's tour of India 2023 will resume after the ICC World Cup 2023 where they will play five T20Is from November 23 to December 3. Vizag, Trivandrum, Guwahati, Nagpur, and Hyderabad are selected as venues to host T20Is against Australia.
India then welcome Afghanistan in three-match T20I series starting on January 11 at Mohali. The Afghanistan series was first scheduled to take place before the ODI World Cup but the fixtures were postponed to focus more on 50-over tournament preparations. Indore and Bengaluru will host the remaining two T20Is against Afghanistan on January 14 and January 17 respectively.
India's home campaign will come to an end with a much-awaited five-match Test series against England starting on January 25 in Hyderabad. Vizag, Rajkot, Ranchi, and Dharamsala will host the remaining four Tests against the Three Lions.
Meanwhile, India will resume their ongoing West Indies tour with three-match ODI series starting on July 27 and then will clash in five T20I matches from August 3. They will next face Ireland away in three-match T20I series starting on August 18 under Hardik Pandya's captaincy.
India home season 2023-24 schedule:
Australia ODIs
1st ODI: Sept 22, 1:30 PM IST, Mohali
2nd ODI: Sept 24, 1:30 PM IST, Indore
3rd ODI: Sept 27, 1:30 PM IST, Rajkot
Australia T20Is
1st T20I: Nov 23, 7:00 PM IST, Vizag
2nd T20I: Nov 26, 7:00 PM IST UST, Trivandrum
3rd T20I: Nov 28, 7:00 PM IST, Guwahati
4th T20I: Dec 1, 7:00 PM IST, Nagpur
5th T20I: Dec 3, 7:00 PM IST, Hyderabad
Afghanistan T20Is
1st T20I: Jan 11, Mohali
2nd T20I: Jan 14, Indore
3rd T20I: Jan 17, Bengaluru
England Tests
1st Test: Jan 25-29, Hyderabad
2nd Test: Feb 2-6, Vizag
3rd Test: Feb 15-19, Rajkot
4th Test: Feb 23-27, Ranchi
5th Test: Mar 7-11, Dharamsala
