ICC Announces FTP Cycle 2023-27: Team India’s Full Schedule For 2023-27 Cycle
Aug 17, 2022 at 2:06 PM
The International Cricket Council (ICC), on Wednesday (August 17), announced the schedule for the 2023-27 cycle of Future Tour Program. The governing body of the game has announced the full schedule of international cricket, including ICC events and bilateral international series for the 12 full members. During the upcoming cycle a total of 777 international games – 173 Tests, 281 ODIs and 323 T20Is – will take place.
In the ongoing FTP cycle, a total of 694 games are there. The next FTP cycle will include next two cycles of the ICC Men’s World Test Championship, multiple ICC events and a host of bilateral as well as tri-series action. Talking about Team India, they will play a total of 38 Tests, 42 ODIs and 61 T20Is. India’s cycle begins with the tour of West Indies next July.
One of the major highlights of the next FTP are the two sets of five-match Border-Gavaskar Test series in each of the upcoming cycles of the ICC World Test Championship. India and Australia had last played a five-match Test series way back in 1992.
Here is Team India’s full schedule for the next FTP cycle:
Year | Opposition | Home/Away | Matches |
2023 | New Zealand | Home | 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is in January |
Australia | Home | 4 Tests, 3 ODIs in January | |
West Indies | Away | 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is in July | |
Australia | Home | 3 ODIs in September | |
Australia | Home | 5 T20Is in November | |
South Africa | Away | 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is in December | |
2024 | England | Home | 5 Tests in January |
Sri Lanka | Away | 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is in July | |
Bangladesh | Home | 2 Tests, 3 T20Is in September | |
New Zealand | Home | 3 Tests in October | |
Australia | Away | 5 Tests in November | |
2025 | England | Home | 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is in January |
England | Away | 5 Tests in June | |
Bangladesh | Away | 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is in August | |
West Indies | Home | 2 Tests in October | |
Australia | Away | 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is in October | |
South Africa | Home | 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is in November | |
2026 | New Zealand | Home | 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is in January |
Afghanistan | Home | 1 Test, 3 ODIs in June | |
England | Away | 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is in July | |
Sri Lanka | Away | 2 Tests in August | |
Afghanistan | Away | 3 T20Is in September | |
West Indies | Home | 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is in September | |
New Zealand | Away | 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is in October | |
Sri Lanka | Home | 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is in December | |
2027 | Australia | Home | 5 Tests in January |