BCCI anounce fixture list for England’s tour of India
Jul 15, 2016 at 2:21 PM
India are currently busy in the Caribbean making sure that Anil Kumble’s tenure as the coach of the national side starts on a positive note.
However, the going gets tougher for the Indian side as days pass by as they are ready to play some strong opponents in Australia and England.
The BCCI has earlier announced that the team is scheduled to welcome England late this year and it has now announced the schedule of these fixtures .
India is scheduled to play 5 Test matches, 3 ODI’s and 2 T20’s on a tour that spans over 3 months.
Here is the fixture list in detail:
Test Matches:
November 9th-13th – Rajkot
November 17th-21st– Visakhapatnam
November 26th-30th – Mohali
December 8th – 12th– Mumbai
December 16th– 20th Chennai.
ODI matches:
January 15th- Pune (D/N) (14:30)
January 19th – Cuttack (D/N) (14:30)
January 22nd – Kolkata (D/N) (14:30)
T20 matches
January 26th- Kanpur (19:00)
January 29th- Nagpur (19:00)
More details to follow. These fixtures were announced by the BCCI on their official website.
The Men in Blue play New Zealand in a long tour starting in August just a few weeks after the end of the current tour to West Indies.
The New Zealand tour that will consist of 3 test matches and 5 ODI and will end on the 26th of October just 2-3 weeks before England make the tour to the sub-continent.
It will be a busy year for the Men in Blue as they face some of the best teams in the longest format and it will be a stern test for both Virat Kohli, the skipper of the side and Anil Kumble the newly appointed coach of the side.
Do you think India can maintain a good record against the top sides this year?