New Captain Named For A Tour Game Against Australia

Jan 6, 2019 at 3:51 AM

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New Captain Named For A Tour Game Against Australia

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the schedule of India’s upcoming home season against the Kiwis and the Aussies in association with Cricket Australia and New Zealand cricket. The home season will start on 17th September with the ODI series against Australia. The home team will play Australia in 5 ODI’s and three T20Is. The venues for the 5 ODI’s are Chennai, Kolkata, Indore, Bengaluru, and Nagpur while the 3 T20I’s will be hosted by Delhi, Rajkot, and Thiruvananthapuram.

The series against Australia will be followed by a short series against the Black Caps. New Zealand will play 3 ODI’s and as many T20I’s. The venues for the 3 ODI’s will be Mumbai, Pune and Uttar Pradesh while the T20I’s will be hosted by Delhi, Rajkot, and Thiruvananthapuram.

The complete schedule of both the series are below

 

Australia tour of India, 2017
S.No. Date Match Venue
1 12-Sep 1st Warm-up Chennai
2 17-Sep 1st ODI Chennai
3 21-Sep 2nd ODI Kolkata
4 24-Sep 3rd ODI Indore
5 28-Sep 4th ODI Bengaluru
6 1-Oct 5th ODI Nagpur
7 7-Oct 1st T20I Ranchi
8 10-Oct 2nd T20I Guwahati
9 13-Oct 3rd T20I Hyderabad
New Zealand tour of India, 2017
S.No. Date Match Venue
1 17-Oct 1st Warm-up CCI, Mumbai
2 19-Oct 2nd Warm-up CCI, Mumbai
3 22-Oct 1st ODI Mumbai
4 25-Oct 2nd ODI Pune
5 29-Oct 3rd ODI UPCA
6 1-Nov 1st T20I Delhi
7 4-Nov 2nd T20I Rajkot
8 7-Nov 3rd T20I Thiruvananthapuram

 

The tour match between the Board President’s XI and Australia is scheduled to be held ahead of the ODI series on 12th September. Gurkeerat Singh Mann has been named as the captain of the practice game which will also see some of the forgotten stars getting an opportunity to excel against a class opposition.

The Board President’s XI Squad

Rahul Tripathi, Mayank Agarwal, Shivam Chaudhary, Washington Sundar, Nitish Rana, Govind Poddar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann (Captain), Shreevats Goswami, Rahil Shah, Akshay Karnewar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kushang Patel, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma.

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