After the world cup, the Indian National Cricket Team has got the hectic schedule as always. They will be playing as many as 5 Test matches, 9 One-Day Internationals and 12 T20I games in 2019-2020 season at home.
The season will start on September 15 with the Freedom Trophy for the Gandhi-Mandela series, where India will lock horns with South Africa in three T20Is, followed by three Tests. A fortnight later, the host will play a three-match T20 series and a two-match Test series against Bangladesh, starting from November 3.
The two Tests against Bangladesh will be played at Indore and Kolkata. West Indies will then tour India in early December for a 3-match ODI and 3-match T20 series. This is going to be the perfect practice for the T20I world cup 2019.
Zimbabwe and Australia will contest against India in T20 and ODI series respectively. Mumbai will host the first ODI against Australia. South Africa will return for a 3-match ODI series in March.
Meanwhile, it comes to know that all the 5 Test matches will be part of the ICC World Cup Championship. It means that the Indian team would send their full-strength to the West Indies.
Here is the detailed schedule:
South Africa tour of India
September 15: 1st T20I in Dharamsala
September 18: 2nd T20I in Mohali
September 22: 3rd T20I in Bengaluru
October 2-6: 1st Test at Visakhapatnam
October 10-14: 2nd Test at Ranchi
October 19-23: 3rd Test at Pune
Bangladesh tour of India
November 3: 1st T20I in Delhi
November 7: 2nd T20I in Rajkot
November 10: 3rd T20I in Nagpur
November 14-18: 1st Test at Indore
November 22-26: 2nd Test at Kolkata
West Indies tour of India
December 6: 1st T20I in Mumbai
December 8: 2nd T20I in Thiruvananthapuram
December 11: 3rd T20I in Hyderabad
December 15: 1st ODI in Chennai
December 18: 2nd ODI in Visakhapatnam
December 22: 3rd ODI in Cuttack
Zimbabwe tour of India
January 5: 1st T20I in Guwahati
January 7: 2nd T20I in Indore
January 10: 3rd T20I in Pune
Australia tour of India
January 14: 1st ODI in Mumbai
January 17: 2nd ODI in Rajkot
January 19: 3rd ODI in Bengaluru
South Africa tour of India
March 12: 1st ODI in Dharamsala
March 15: 2nd ODI in Lucknow
March 18: 3rd ODI in Kolkata