BCCI announce schedule, dates and venues for Australia and New Zealand series

New Delhi: Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram will host their first international matches – T20 games – as the BCCI on Thursday announced the schedule of India’s home series against Australia and New Zealand beginning later this month. [caption id=“attachment_3984683” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Getty Images[/caption] Chennai, Kolkata, Indore, Bengaluru and Nagpur will host the five ODI matches of Australia’s limited-overs tour of India. The matches will be held on 17, 21, 24, 28 September and 1 October respectively. The three T20 International matches of the Australian tour will be held in Ranchi (7 October), Guwahati (10 October) and Hyderabad (13 October). The Board President XI team will play a warm-up match against Australia on 12 September in Chennai. The Board also announced the schedule of the home series against New Zealand comprising three ODIs and as Twenty20 Internationals. Mumbai will host the first ODI against the Kiwis on 22 October while the second game will be played in Pune on 25 October. The venue of the third ODI on 29 October to be hosted by Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association is yet to be announced. The three T20 Internationals against the visiting New Zealand side will be held in New Delhi (1 November), Rajkot (4 November) and Thiruvananthapuram (7 November). The itinerary: Against Australia: 12 September: Warm-up match in Chennai 17 September: 1st ODI in Chennai 21 September: 2nd ODI in Kolkata 24 September: 3rd ODI in Indore 28 September: 4th ODI in Bengaluru 1 October: 5th ODI in Nagpur 7 October: 1st T20I in Ranchi 10 October: 2nd T20I in Guwahati 13 October: 3rd T20I in Hyderabad Against New Zealand: 17 October: 1st warm-up match at CCI, Mumbai 19 October: 2nd Warm-up match at CCI, Mumbai 22 October: 1st ODI in Mumbai 25 October: 2nd ODI in Pune 29 October: 3rd ODI (to be hosetd by UPCA) 1 November: 1st T20I in Delhi 4 November: 2nd T20I in Rajkot 7 November: 3rd T20I in Thiruvananthapuram.