India to host New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, South Africa in 4 Tests, 3 ODIs, 14 T20Is in 2021/22

India will play two Tests each against New Zealand and Sri Lanka and will host West Indies in three ODIs and as many T20Is. South Africa will tour India in June next year for a five-match T20I series.

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India to host New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, South Africa in 4 Tests, 3 ODIs, 14 T20Is in 2021/22
India will play two Tests each against New Zealand and Sri Lanka. (Reuters Photo)

In Short

  • The BCCI announced India's schedule for the 2021/22 season
  • New Zealand's two Test series against India will be played in Kanpur and Mumbai in November and December
  • Sri Lanka will face India in a two-Test series in February and March

India will host the West Indies, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and South Africa in four Tests, three ODIs, 14 T20Is later this year and in the first half of 2022 as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced its home season for the 2021/22 season. The Test matches will be played against New Zealand, who beat India in the final of the World Test Championship earlier this year in England, and Sri Lanka.

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New Zealand's tour will start with a three-match T20I series that will be played from November 17 to 21 in Jaipur, Ranchi and Kolkata. This will be followed by the first Test which will start on November 25 in Kanpur and the second Test will be played from December 3 in Mumbai. It will mark New Zealand's first Test series in India since 2016 in which the visitors lost a three-match Test series 3-0.

The West Indies will then tour the country for three ODIs and as many T20Is. The ODI series will be played from February 6 to 12 in Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Kolkata. Sri Lanka's tour is then scheduled to start on February 25 with a two-Test series. The first Test will be played in Bengaluru while the second will be hosted in Mohali from March 5. Mohali will also host the first T20I against Sri Lanka on March 13 after which the second and third matches will be played in Dharamshala and Lucknow on March 15 and 18 respectively.

South Africa will then tour India for a five-match T20I series from June 9 to 19. The matches will be played in Chennai, Bengaluru, Nagpur, Rajkot and New Delhi.