Hyderabad: India is scheduled to play 53 international matches between June 2026 and the start of the 2027 Indian Premier League season, according to the Future Tours Programme currently being discussed by cricket followers on social media.
The schedule includes 10 Test matches, 20 One-Day Internationals (ODIs), and 23 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). India’s international season is expected to begin on June 6 with a home series against Afghanistan featuring Test and ODI matches.
Following the Afghanistan series, India is scheduled to tour Ireland, England, Zimbabwe, and Sri Lanka. The team is also set to play a three-match T20I series against Afghanistan at a neutral venue in New Delhi, with Afghanistan serving as the host nation.
Several teams are also expected to tour India during this period. West Indies, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe are scheduled to visit for white-ball series comprising ODI and T20I matches.
The schedule is set to conclude with a five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia. The series is expected to begin in late January 2027 and continue into early March 2027.
The packed calendar comes ahead of the 2027 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. The ODI schedule provides India with 20 matches in the format before the tournament, while the team will also continue its participation in Test cricket and T20 internationals throughout the period.
The proposed schedule has generated discussion among cricket followers, with many highlighting the number of matches across formats and the travel involved during the nine-month period from June 2026 to March 2027.
This article is written by Naveed Hassan, interning with Deccan Chronicle
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