The Indian men’s cricket team is set to play 38 Tests, 42 One-Day Internationals and 61 Twenty20 Internationals from 2023 to 2027, according to the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Future Tours Program (FTP) 2023-27.
India starts its assignments for the next cycle with a tour of West Indies in July next year, where it plays two Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is.
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How many matches will India play in 2023?
Team India will play a host of international bilatetals across the three formats in 2023 apart from the 50-over World Cup in the country in October. A four-match Test series against Australia at home, starting February 2023, will be India’s last World Test Championship (WTC) 2021-23 assignment. The Men in Blue will travel to West Indies and South Africa during the year.
- January 2023 - vs Sri Lanka - 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is (Home)
- January-February 2023 - vs New Zealand - 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is (Home)
- February-March 2023 - vs Australia - 4 Tests (WTC 2021-23), 3 ODIs (Home)
- July-August 2023 - vs West Indies - 2 Tests (WTC 2023-25), 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is (Away)
- September 2023 - vs Australia - 3 ODIs (Home)
- October 2023 - Cricket World Cup (Home)
- November 2023 - vs Australia - 5 T20Is (Home)
- December-January 2024 - vs South Africa - 2 Tests (WTC 2023-25), 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is (Away)
A rare month’s break for India in 2024?
India will play two five-Test series England and Australia at home and away, respectively, in 2024 and a total of four WTC series. After the T20 World Cup in June and a tour of Sri Lanka in July, India will have a rare break in August, with no international series scheduled in the month.
- January 2024 - vs South Africa
- January-March 2024 - vs England - 5 Tests (WTC 2023-25) - (Home)
- June 2024 - T20 World Cup (West Indies/USA)
- July 2024 - vs Sri Lanka - 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is (Away)
- September 2024 - vs Bangladesh - 2 Tests (WTC 2023-25), 3 T20Is (Home)
- October 2024 - vs New Zealand - 3 Tests (WTC 2023-25) - (Home)
- November-December 2024 - vs Australia - 5 Tests (WTC 2023-25) - (Away)
The Champions Trophy returns in 2025?
The Champions Trophy will return after a hiatus of eight years and will be hosted by defending champion Pakistan. India will kickstart its WTC 2025-27 campaign with a five-match series against England in June.
- January-February 2025 - vs England - 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is (Home)
- February-March 2025 - Champions Trophy (Pakistan)
- June-August 2025 - vs England - 5 Tests (WTC 2025-27) (Away)
- August 2025 - vs Bangladesh - 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is (Away)
- October 2025- vs West Indies - 2 Tests (WTC 2025-27) (Home)
- October-November 2025 - vs Australia - 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is (Away)
- November-December 2025 - vs South Africa - 2 Tests (WTC 2025-27), 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is (Home)
What is India’s cricket schedule in 2026?
India will co-host the T20 World Cup in February along with Sri Lanka and will be busy on tours to England, Sri Lanka an New Zealand. India’s WTC assignments will include a two-Test series in Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
- January 2026 - vs New Zealand - 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is (Home)
- February-March 2026 - T20 World Cup (India/Sri Lanka)
- June 2026 - vs Afghanistan - 1 Test, 3 ODIs (Home)
- July 2026 - vs England - 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is (Away)
- August 2026 - vs Sri Lanka - 2 Tests (WTC 2025-27) (Away)
- September 2026 - vs Afghanistan - 3 T20Is (Away)
- September-October 2026 - vs West Indies - 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is (Home)
- October-November 2026 - vs New Zealand - 2 Tests (WTC 2025-27), 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is (Away)
- December 2026 - vs Sri Lanka - 3 ODIs, 3 T20Is (Home)
How many matches will India play in 2027?
India will take on Australia in its last series of the WTC 2025-27 cycle in a five-match series at home. The 50-over World Cup, slated to be held in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia later in the year, will round off the FTP 2023-27 cycle.
- January-February 2027 - vs Australia - 5 Tests (Home)
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